Shona Dickson Photography

09/10/2025

It's official halloween pet's are my new favourite clients ! I mean how freaking adorable is Odie ! Iona Artistry

02/10/2025

celebrating October in style and going for GOLD thank you to the The Society of Photographers so delighted this image got awarded , Aaron charging me in v-bucks was totally worth it but no doubt he will be charging me double next time 😂❤.

01/10/2025

Hello October!!!
The best month of the year is here again at last 🤡🍁👻 who else is a fan ?

27/09/2025

✨Exciting news ✨

Im absolutely delighted to share that i've been awarded a silver award in the WPE International Photography Awards 🏆

This was my first time entering this competition I am so happy for the recognition ❤

20/09/2025

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW MR & MRS CREIGHTON

SNEEK PEEK

It was an absolute privilege to be part of your special day Calley you looked beautiful Callum is one lucky man ! Thank you so much for allowing me to be part of your day. may you have many happy years together . ❤

21/08/2025

Bad Habits

Smoking doesn’t just take years off your life — it takes the quality of your life away too.

This image, “Bad Habits,” shows the harsh reality: a skeleton strapped to an oxygen mask, cigarette still burning. It’s darkly symbolic, but the truth behind it is no exaggeration. Smoking remains one of the leading causes of preventable death worldwide. Every puff delivers poison that scars the lungs, clogs the arteries, and damages the body beyond repair.

For many, the story ends like this — tied to oxygen tanks, struggling for every breath, still craving the very thing that’s destroying them.

⚠️ The facts are brutal:

Smoking kills over 8 million people each year globally.

Half of all long-term smokers will die from smoking-related illness.

Diseases like lung cancer, emphysema, heart disease, and stroke are all linked directly to ci******es.

And yet, quitting works. The body begins to heal almost immediately once you stop:

After 20 minutes, the heart rate and blood pressure drop.

Within 12 hours, carbon monoxide levels return to normal.

In 1 year, the risk of heart disease is cut in half.

In 10 years, the risk of dying from lung cancer is about half that of a smoker.

This photograph is not just art — it’s a warning. Bad habits can kill. But breaking them can save your life.

Thank you to for awarding the image with a silver bar 🥰

23/07/2025

HELP NEEDED!
Are you – or do you know – a family from Dumfries who were on holiday in Agadir, Morocco, and went on a camel tour around the 12th of March 2025 ?

We happened to be on the same tour and I took a few lovely family photos of you by the camels. I’d love to pass them on as a gift — they turned out beautifully!

Please share or tag anyone who might help me find them 🐪📸🙏

Photo of camel for attention 😄

20/07/2025

GOLD AWARD for June's entry this one was a bit of a labour of love with all the AI we see on social media these days I often wonder if it's all worth it , but getting creative and creating art with the camera lens is much more rewarding that typing words into a machine ! Once again I was modelling for myself 🤣🥰

🌟 June 2025 Gold Award – Illustrative 🌟
🏆 Shona Dickson - ILSWPP
📸 Website: https://www.instagram.com/shona_dickson_photography/

03/06/2025

The Forbidden Feast

If a picture could sum up coeliac disease I would like to think this could be it .

Aaron was diagnosed in June 2024 since then we try to create art together to help educate and spread awareness.

the idea behind this image was to describe what happens to the body when gluten is consumed. The immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own tissues causing damage to the small intestines.

I was delighted to find out it scored Highly commended in the The Society of Photographers this month too myself and Aaron are very happy with the result :)

Thank you to Dimplybean for helping create the image by making me a custom intestine it was so lifelike Aaron thought it was real when he first seen it and said it was disgusting 😂 which is exactly what I was aiming for ! ❤

02/05/2025

Dying to be seen

We’ve all been there, stuck in the system—waiting for an appointment, a diagnosis, a decision. And while we wait, the world doesn’t pause with us. It moves on. Sometimes, without us.

The skeleton isn’t just a macabre joke—it’s a metaphor for those who have fallen through the cracks. It’s the elderly man in need of a hospital bed. The woman waiting months for a specialist. The person whose paperwork was “lost in the system.” It’s every voice silenced by delay.

Anyone else feeling the pain from waiting on the NHS ?

26/04/2025

🌟 March 2025 Gold Award – Illustrative 🌟
🏆 Shona Dickson ILSWPP

16/04/2025

A pure picture of happiness 😂 3 different moods in less than 20 mins each , got to love the attitudes of toddlers ! thanks for visiting DARCI- MAE although I don't appreciate being called nanna it's aunt shona ! 😂