I have been spending a lot of time processing photographs into black and white for my Instagram account. As fun as that is, it does make the world look a little grey. On my last visit to Edinburgh I thought I would have a little fun taking some shots of shop fronts that had nice colour in them, inject a little colour back into my stream.
Killin is a village situated at the western end of Loch Tay in the north east of the district of Stirling. The Falls of Dochart are at the western end of the village. Although it was bright when I started out travelling to Killin the weather closed in and it was raining heavy when I was taking these shots. To be fair the weather suited my mood :-)
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Saturday (28th Jan) saw myself on a photo-trip to Glasgow with @davidgulliver_photogrpahy (David), @alycoste (Alayne), @jensinscotland (Jens) & @omr_photography (Oliver). It was hard not to call them by their Instagram handles all day.
We managed to get round a few areas of the city; George Square, The Necropolis, Glasgow Cathedral, various dodgy alleyways (that David was obsessed with) and down to the River Clyde. I took about 400 photographs altogether and was happy with about three of them (two of which were taken on my iPhone). I think that I am still out of practice composing and not overthinking things when it comes to the settings.
It was nice to go out photographing with other people, hearing their ideas and perspectives on various photographic topics. *Shockingly I don't have a group photo! But if one is passed on to me I'll enter into this post :-)*
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, about 9 miles west of Edinburgh. It is an iconic structure and is a UNESCO heritage site. During the Second World War it was the subject of the first bombing raid by the Luftwaffe over British skies. Thankfully the RAF and their spitfires defended the bridge, and it still stands today since its opening in 1890. There are some more interesting facts about the bridge at the Forth Bridges website.
We just don't build structures like this anymore. The Victorians really didn't build anything with half measures. Testament to this is that there is a second road bridge being built as the first one is basically falling apart.
Conditions weren't that great for taking pictures (22/01/2017), it was cold and misty. I got a couple of shots that I was happy with (click for larger versions).
I have processed a lot of the photographs I have been taking of Edinburgh in black and white, I think the city looks great this way. It can be an easier medium to process and cover up things that I don't want in the photographs ;-). I decided to download my favourite BNW's from my Instagram account and create a gallery of Edinburgh which can be seen here and from the slideshow below. Click on the photograph to advance :-)
I am getting excited about a trip to Glasgow next weekend with other photographers, I hope to learn a lot from them and to get some great photographs of Glasgow, someplace that I have never taken photographs of! Any recommendations of places to shoot?
