About photoscot.co.uk - David Palmar Photography

email : info at photoscot.co.uk (obviously replace "at" with @)

What is the site about?

This site contains over 15,000 photos of wildlife and scenery from all over Scotland, based on about 20 years of photography by David, and several decades (1940s to 1980s) by his father, and with contributions from website helpers more recently. It shows the kind of wildlife which you can actually expect to see in Scotland, (without "twitching" or getting up at 3 in the morning too often), but by making a bit of an effort to find the wildlife. The site is searchable by keyword and by clicking on a dot on the map. The four galleries at the foot of the main page allow a search by clicking on a thumbnail image (some pictures still to be inserted into the Scenes gallery).

David has been a volunteer conservation photographer for RSPB Scotland since 2013, especially at the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative, RSPB Loch Lomond and most recently at the Garnock Connections project.

Based in the west end of Glasgow, and having taken photographs for many years, he started his (very part-time) photography business in 2004, when it occurred to him that he had skills and photographs which can help people while offsetting some of his costs.
Because he was a teacher, (formerly at Jordanhill School teaching Computing before he retired in 2010), he has not put contact details other than email address on the site, although if you order something, you will be informed of that as part of the process.

Unless he is on a photographic expedition or out of signal, you should normally get a reply to an email to info at photoscot.co.uk in a day or two, and frequently the same day.

Over the years he has sometimes used his skills, time and equipment to help in the conservation effort for various species e.g. Hen Harrier and Black Grouse, where necessary under licence, and these have been used by the conservationist who assisted him in finding suitable places to take them without disturbance to the birds.

He started this website in March 2006, feeling that his photographs and techniques should be for sharing, not just for sitting on a hard disc!

One of the latest developments is a project called "Behind the Naturalist's Lens" (see blue dots on the map), involving the scanning and uploading of hundreds of images taken by his father between 1947 and 1986.

David birdwatching on a boat trip in Shetland

Services

Amongst services on offer (see services and prices page) are:

slide and negative scanning - see scanning page
stock photograph sales in digital format (search for what you want then use the shopping cart to order)
sales of greetings cards (use the shopping cart or Etsy to order)

Please contact David on info at photoscot.co.uk to discuss any requirements

Customers for stock photograph sales so far include Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, Glasgow City Council, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Ministry of Defence Police, the Scottish Wildlife Trust, Inner Forth Landscape Initiative, Argaty Red Kites and Manx Birdlife.

Like us on Facebook for new products, updates and much more!

The Photoscotcreations Etsy shop has a stock of greetings cards which can be ordered online.

Conditions

UK Copyright law applies to all materials on this site.

Purchasing does not imply unlimited reproduction rights. Digital images may be published once per purchase, and acknowledgement is required. Please get in touch to discuss your requirements if you are unsure.

Wildlife charities, educational institutions and university or college students may ask for free copies of images.

The Photoscot Team:

Major help is gratefully acknowledged from the following:

Spotter: Janet Palmar (sees things he misses!)
Programmer: Douglas Lindsay
Site design: Catriona Lindsay, with more recent redesign ideas by Robyn Haggard
Photoscot colleague: Rebecca Dickson
Assistant photo and website editors: Heather Forrest (work experience then helper 2015-16), Emma Martinelli (nee Wilcock) (2016), Joanna Lindsay (2017 and 2019), Eleanor Barr, Melissa Shaw, Hannah Riley and Claudia Caporusso (all 2018-19), Rita Basto (2019-20), Ash-Lynn Tavener (2019-20) and Shona Jessiman (2019-20)
Social media and Photoscotcreations Etsy shop manager and assistant photographer: Lorna Beattie (2017-19)
Bird galleries editor: Claudia Caporusso (2018-19)
Plant galleries editor: - a huge work started by Melissa Shaw (2018-19) and completed by Shona Jessiman (2019-20).
Beast galleries editors: Claudia Caporusso, Hannah Riley, Ash-Lynn Tavener and Shona Jessiman.
Scenes galleries editor: Shona Jessiman.
"Behind the Naturalist's Lens" project assistant editors: Ruth Olden (2016), Fiona Torrance (2016-17), Ami Kirkbright (2017), Alan Hill (2018), Lizzy Cairns(2018) and Louise Smith (2018-19).
Sabattical leave helper 2019: Jenny Tweedie (RSPB)
Remote help with quality control during Covid-19 lockdown: Ash-Lynn Tavener (Plants gallery), Rita Basto (Stories in numbered order), Gemma Woodford (Animals), Eleanor Barr (Invertebrates) and Mirran Trimble (birds).
Remote help with quality control 2022-23: Ilaria Lonero
Photo editor 2020-2021: Gemma Woodford
Photo editors 2022-23: Anna Treder and Lauren Thirrouez
Photo editor 2020-23: Rebecca Dickson
Photo editors 2023: Jasmine Dickson and Gemma Woodford
Social media: Ash-Lynn Tavener (2020) and Gemma Woodford (2020-21 and 2023).
Photo editors 2024: Rebecca Dickson, Jasmine Dickson and Lauren Thirrouez
Scanning 2024: Anna Treder
Photos on the site are largely (unless otherwise noted) by David Palmar, with additional photos by Charles Eric Palmar, Lorna Beattie, Joanna Lindsay, Claudia Caporusso, Sarah Longrigg, Stephen Inglis, Shona Jessiman, Rita Basto, Pat Thomson, Rebecca Dickson, Gemma Woodford and Polly Phillpot.

Assistance with the site:

The assistance is acknowledged of the following in providing training, information, identification or photoshoot opportunities, which have contributed to the content and accuracy of material on this website:
Ben Darvill (BTO), Paula Baker (RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond), Allison Leonard (formerly RSPB Scotland Inner Forth Reserves) and many other RSPB staff, the late John Knowler (former butterfly recorder), David Hill and Anthony McCluskey (Butterfly Conservation), Richard Weddle (GNHS - Moth identification), Chris McInerny (GNHS - photo opportunities), Sergeant John Simpson (MOD Police) - photo opportunities, Alison Moss (GNHS) and Faith Anstey (BSBI) - plant identification, several staff and trainers working with IFLI (the Inner Forth Landscape Initiative) including Allison Leonard and David Anderson, Suzanne Burgess (Buglife), Scott Shanks (RSPB) - invertebrate identification, Helen Dickinson (Bumblebee Conservation Trust), David Jardine (Argyll Bird Club and SOC), many members of the RSPB Glasgow Local Group, in particular Alan and Karen Hill, Agnes and Billy Gunn and Jim Coyle, many members of the SWT Glasgow Local Group, in particular Moira Wadsworth and the late Ruth Llewelyn, Sarah Fenn of Aberdeen University for providing information on colour-ringed Choughs on Islay and Hilary and Geoff Moore for moth identification at Dundreggan and in Speyside.

Behind the Naturalist's Lens:

For information relating to the "Behind the Naturalist's Lens" project which involved digitising many photographs taken by his father Charles Eric Palmar (see blue dots on the map):
former Glasgow Museums curator Richard Sutcliffe and former Glasgow Museums taxidermist John Murray and former employees Fred Woodward, Alistair Gunning and Stuart Coulter, the late John Mitchell, (former Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve officer), Eddie Idle (retired Nature Conservancy Council officer), Ivan Draper and David Clugston(SOC), Chris Rollie (RSPB), the late Adam Watson, Stuart Rae, Peter Maitland (Glasgow University), David Lampard, Rev Peter Youngson, David Merrie (Argyll Bird Club and SOC), and the late Charles Millican.
Last but not least, grateful thanks are due to the Glasgow Natural History Society BLB Fund for a grant supporting the assistant editors on the "Behind the Naturalist's Lens" project, and to Ruth Olden for writing the successful grant application.