Morag // Violinist branding shoot in the Scottish Highlands

I met Morag last autumn as I was hired to do a portrait shoot for her and her sister Katie. Morag is an incredible violinist, I feel her website biography captures here achievements better than I could put into words so here is a quote from her website.

Morag Johnston is an internationally performing artist. Recently, she was Concert Master for the opera Purcell's Dido and Aeneas; performed Haydn's Creation and Mendelssohn's Edition of Bach's St. Matthew's Passion in historical setting and recorded previously unrecorded trumpet repertoire with Sua Dolce Maesta.

She has performed at Elbphilharmonie, Totnes Early Music Society, with Dutch National Opera Academy, in a project with English Consort and at The Globe Theatre, London. Last year, she performed at Utrecht Early Music Finge Festival as well as The Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. She performs regularly with Ensemble Schirokko in Germany to the Corelli Orchestra, Devon Baroque and The Bishop's Consort in England. Her ensemble The Brewery Band  recently won the Stroud Green Festival Ensemble Award for which they will receive a year of mentorship from acclaimed soprano Clare Norburn.

Morag expressed early on that she wanted her portraits to not be like traditional classical musician photos typically are, something a bit more organic and raw instead of staged. We started our session off in the studio and captured some photographs of her with her violin against two different backdrops before we drove out to the highlands for some more atmospheric images. I asked Morag to play while I walked around photographing her, between the sounds of the grass blowing on the hills, her music and Loch Lomond in the distance it was truly a magical experience and one I’ll cherish. It’s days like this where I really am thankful for my job and all the wonderful talented people I meet.