The mission: put down the bevy, pick-up the camera and bring a bit of festive cheer by photographing Scotland leaving 2012 behind. Witness the renewal of friendships, goodwill being shown to neighbours and strangers alike, and reflect a desire for better times ahead. Document Scotland wishes all our colleagues and the wider Scottish photography community an inspiring and successful 2013.
Document Scotland photographers Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert , Sophie Gerrard , Colin McPherson and Stephen McLaren braved the elements to put together a portfolio of images summing up Scotland at Christmas and Hogmanay.
Alsatian dressed as Santa, Queen St Station, Glasgow. ©Stephen McLaren 2012, all rights reserved.
A new window display for the sales on Argyle Street. Glasgow. ©Stephen McLaren 2012, all rights reserved.
Christmas floral tributes at graves above Greenock. ©Stephen McLaren 2012, all rights reserved.
The Local Pub, Glasgow’s South Side. ©Stephen McLaren 2012, all rights reserved.
Queen’s Park FC v Rangers FC football game, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, 29th December 2012. ©Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 2012, all rights reserved.
Queen’s Park FC v Rangers FC football game, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, 29th December 2012. ©Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 2012, all rights reserved.
Out first-footing, Glasgow, January 1st 2013. ©Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 2013, all rights reserved.
Discarded Christmas tree, Glasgow, January 1st 2013. ©Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 2013, all rights reserved.
Runners assemble for the ParkRun 5km, in Pollok Park, in Glasgow, morning of 1st January 2013. ©Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 2013, all rights reserved.
Runner approaches the finish line in the ParkRun 5km, in Pollok Park, in Glasgow, morning of 1st January 2013. ©Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 2013, all rights reserved.
A toy dog soaked by rain attached to a quad bike on the tiny inner Hebridean island of Easdale in Argyll. Photograph © Colin McPherson, 2013, all rights reserved.
A gift store featuring Santa Claus in the village of Ellenabeich, Easdale in Argyll. Photograph © Colin McPherson, 2013, all rights reserved.
Stormy seas south of the tiny inner Hebridean island of Easdale in Argyll. Photograph © Colin McPherson, 2013, all rights reserved.
A ferryman and his dog watching the arrival of the ferry from Easdale Island to the village of Ellenabeich, in Argyll. Photograph © Colin McPherson, 2013, all rights reserved.
A woman pushing her child in a cart on the tiny inner Hebridean island of Easdale in Argyll. Photograph © Colin McPherson, 2013, all rights reserved.
A man playing a tuba celebrating the new year at midnight on Hogmanay on the tiny inner Hebridean island of Easdale in Argyll. Photograph © Colin McPherson, 2013, all rights reserved.
A man diving into the harbour on New Year’s day on the tiny inner Hebridean island of Easdale in Argyll. Photograph © Colin McPherson, 2013, all rights reserved.
Two members of the community taking part in the annual pantomime on the tiny inner Hebridean island of Easdale in Argyll. Photograph © Colin McPherson, 2013, all rights reserved.
Star Events stage riggers, working to take down the main stage from the Edinburgh Hogmanay Concert in Princes Street Gardens. Photograph © Sophie Gerrard, 2013, all rights reserved
Kirk & Sasha, Winter Wonderland, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh. Photograph © Sophie Gerrard, 2013, all rights reserved
Children watch the ice skating at Winter Wonderland, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh. Photograph © Sophie Gerrard, 2013, all rights reserved
A couple on the ice at Winter Wonderland, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh Photograph © Sophie Gerrard, 2013, all rights reserved.
Lights in the trees, Princes Street Gardens. Photograph © Sophie Gerrard, 2013, all rights reserved.
Sian, Edinburgh Winter Wonderland, Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh. Photograph © Sophie Gerrard, 2013, all rights reserved.
Anna & Tommy from Russia, visiting Edinburgh for Hogmanay. Photograph © Sophie Gerrard, 2013, all rights reserved