Recording Tranquillity

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.

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.