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PUB & LIVE MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHYTHE PIPER'S REST

SCOTLAND · 2026

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Blonde guest biting into a burger at The Piper's Rest, Edinburgh, food photography session by Gorka Di Capitan

MY WORK WITH THE PIPER'S REST

The Piper's Rest sits on Hunter Square, just off the Royal Mile in the heart of Edinburgh's Old Town: a proper Scottish pub with live music seven nights a week, a serious selection of malt whiskies, local gins and craft beers, and an atmosphere that is impossible to fake.

I'm Gorka Di Capitan, their photographer and videographer since mid-2026, producing monthly content covering food and menu photography, drinks and cocktails, promotional campaigns and live action content that captures the real energy of the venue on a Friday or Saturday night.

The goal with every shoot is simple: if you've never been to The Piper's Rest, the content should make you feel exactly what it's like to walk through that door. Not a polished version of a pub. The actual pub.

In August 2026 I photographed Let's Ceilidh!, the show 1745 Events run twice daily in the Old Merchants' Hall upstairs from 5 to 29 August: a live band on fiddle, guitar and drums calling the Gay Gordons, Strip the Willow and the Dashing White Sergeant for a room full of people who had never danced a reel in their lives. Shooting an Edinburgh Fringe event is its own discipline, and I wrote about what August really does to a venue in the journal.

THE PIPER'S REST: LET'S CEILIDH, EDINBURGH FRINGE 2026

Fiddler playing at the Let's Ceilidh night, Edinburgh Fringe, from a Gorka Di Capitan pub and live music photography shoot

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THE PIPER'S REST: GALLERY 2026

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Live music seven nights a week and an atmosphere you can't fake: pub photography here means catching the real thing. If your pub has that kind of energy, I want to see it.

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