My Saturday Drive
Exploring beautiful Scotland!
Loch Ard PLEASE READ
This is a very popular place for photography especially during autumn when the colours are absolutely gorgeous.
Not when I visited, unfortunately, just a very grey dull late afternoon. I was hoping for some nice sunset colours but the weather did not play ball. I was also surprised at how defensive the locals were here when they saw me with a tripod and a camera. Let me put things into context.
Right next to the road, there's a little barbed wire enclosed area which has a little old jetty that nicely leads your eyes to the boat garage thing you can see on the left. I looked for a way to get in without jumping over the barbed wire as I did not want to tear my trousers. The only gate there was locked and out of respect, I thought to not jump it.
I found a nice composition right beside that little enclosed area, just at the edge of the loch. Took my shots and just before I was ready to leave, a lady came out from the house across the road from where I was and said she had been watching me expecting me to trespass and she was ready to report me. She thanked me though for not doing it and said a lot of people just jump over and do not respect the local's private land and boundaries. I presume a lot of them do it for Instagram.
Needless to say, I was a bit taken aback by the whole thing. It also made me think a little about the effect of sharing and promoting a beautiful place on social media has on a place/community. I absolutely adore Scotland, I love photographing it and sharing it with you but I do not want it to become like Santorini or Bali where the amount of disrespect from tourists is beyond conceivable.
I have a few ideas about how I, as a creator can prevent this from happening but please let me know what you think down below!
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Loch Lomond
I suppose I was on a little spree to shoot some of the more popular places around Scotland. You've probably seen this time and time again, with various light, vrious weather and various angles.
Here's a couple of my takes on it. The weather could not be greyer, the original images are pretty much black and white. I therefore decided to put my own twist on them. The first one is the right crop I intended, but the second one was meant to be square but can't upload it like that unfortunately!
Let me know what you think down below. Which one do you prefer? I kinda like them both but I guess I'm a little biased 😅. For more Scotland photography and travel blogs, please check out my website at mysaturdaydrive.com or click the link in bio. If you like my images, please smash that follow button! You have no idea how much it helps me create more images and share this beautiful country with you!
