Julie Cumming

The Atholl Beauty Room has been a source of relaxation and pampering for visitors for fifteen years. In the past year, I have been commissioned to create a set of photography and videography to aid in the Beauty Room’s digital marketing. This is an ongoing project, with additional photographs to follow shortly. Videography can be…

From Home is a self-published book, sharing the stories of the past century in Atholl, told by its residents. This project was born from a fascination for stories being told by local people in the Blair Atholl Watermill, whilst I worked there as a waitress. Creating a book offered an opportunity for me to explore…

Situated in the heart of the village, Blair Atholl’s Village Hall has been a mainstay for locals for decades. It is home to social gatherings of all shapes and sizes, welcoming tens of visitors each year. However, in recent years, its Armoury Hall area had become run-down and dated. From 2019-2020, I was commissioned by…

Photography and art direction for Love Route Clothing, an independent vintage clothing seller based in Pitlochry, and one of the COP26 summit’s ‘Everyday Climate Heroes’. During Summer 2019, I worked alongside Vesile Aycan of Love Route Clothing to create both digital and 35mm photographic material for their social media and website. We collaborated on mood…

During Autumn 2018, I had the pleasure of assisting Atholl Estates with photography to be utilised across the Estate. Additionally, I worked closely with the marketing team to reassess and manage their extensive library of digital assets. Photography commissions included a range of material showcasing the Estate’s Highland Lodges; primarily Old Blair and Marble Lodge.…

Couthy Cottage is a newly renovated accessible holiday let in the beautiful village of Blair Atholl. In 2020, I worked with Couthy Cottage to create a set of photographs for marketing purposes, a website and Facebook page. Importantly, I also took this opportunity to teach the owners how to use digital marketing and keep their…

Blair Atholl Watermill is one of Scotland’s last working Watermills, grinding locally sourced wholemeal wheat and oatmeal (grown without the use of pesticides) and baking delicious bread, cakes and more, to be served in the tearoom which inhabits the old grain store. Dating back to the 15th Century, and being renovated in the 1970s, the…

From 2018 to 2019, Creative Dundee hosted Act Locally events, provoking thought and discussion on the theme of inequality in local society and the actions that can be taken in the future. I was delighted to work with the Creative Dundee team (in particular Sam Gonçalves, Digital Editor at the time) to create visuals behind…

Dundee’s Keiller Centre has been a site of constant intrigue for me since I discovered it on a wander around the corners of the city during my first year at DJCAD, empowered with an Agfa rangefinder loaded with 35mm film, ready to try my hand at street photography. Though the shopping centre, built in the…