The Joy of Solitude
Recently,
I was in Scotland shooting my sister’s wedding.
Being a Scottish wedding, you might imagine the affair to be heavy on
dancing and drinking and you would be right but, since I had to leave early to
drive 450 miles, I was very sober.
Whilst
I was growing up I spent fabulous days in North Queensferry with my
grandparents. The village is adourned
with the splendid view over the Firth of Forth, the 2 bridges and Edinburgh in
the distance.
I
parked the car and walked the coastal path that I had trodden well as a child –
it was 5am and the only gentle sound was the waves lapping onto the rocks. The fresh air and the silence were a solace.
This
broken pier begged to be photographed.
The light was dim enough to extend the shutter speed to try to “milk”
the sea around the rocks in the foreground.
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| ISO 100, F22, 5.0 Sec, 24-120mm at 38mm. |
Sometimes we need to switch everything off in our lives and
enjoy some solitude, the view in front of us and a camera to record the
tranquillity.
