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Caption: F O R T Y O N E
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Caption: It feels strange to be looking back to week forty one (in early October) on the first week of January, as we enter another lockdown here in Scotland. Even as I work through the remainder of these #shotsoftheweek stories from 2020, I realise that we’ll be staying very local in the coming weeks. But, we can do this. We know how to do this now.
So week forty one was a week of big skies, of autumnal days and nights with that familiar chill creeping into the air, and it was the week when I finally got to meet @jordanfoy and @rachelhelsby.
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Caption: I don’t normally share b+w in these ‘shots of the week’ stories, but this set of photos from the ash lagoons looked too bright in colour. Just too blue. I wanted to focus instead on the clouds and the textures.
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Picture of Ash Lagoons
Picture of Ash Lagoons
Picture of Ash Lagoons
Picture of Ash Lagoons
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Picture of Ash Lagoons
Picture of Ash Lagoons
Picture of Ash Lagoons
Picture of Ash Lagoons
Picture of Ash Lagoons
Picture of Stockbridge
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Picture of John Muir Country Park
Picture of John Muir Country Park
Picture of John Muir Country Park
Caption: This sky, blazing orange above the clouds, and these swans flying past in formation.
Picture of John Muir Country Park
Picture of John Muir Country Park
Caption: As I’ve mentioned here before, I wanted to share the ‘ugliness’ of the lagoons as well as the scenic spots. And that ugliness looks a little less so when you factor in some gentle, glowy late afternoon light.
Picture of John Muir Country Park
Picture of John Muir Country Park
Picture of John Muir Country Park
Picture of John Muir Country Park
Picture of John Muir Country Park
Picture of John Muir Country Park
Caption: And then there was this, a meeting that we’d talked about for ages and which finally happened on the Sunday of this week. @jordanfoy and @rachelhelsby were spending a few days in Scotland and when we were discussing where to walk together, I knew it had to be here, around St Baldred’s Cradle to Ravensheugh Sands. This location is a dream for photos with all the long views and big dramatic skies that you could hope for. In a year of so few meet-ups and face-to-face conversations, I’m just so glad that this one happened. And that it felt so effortless, not like a first meeting IRL but instead just catching up with old friends.
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Caption: @rachelhelsby and @jordanfoy in their natural habitat - that is, taking photos, in Jordan’s case, right on the edge of these cliffs.
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Picture of John Muir Country Park
Picture of Ravensheugh Sands
Picture of Ravensheugh Sands
Picture of Ravensheugh Sands
Picture of Ravensheugh Sands
Picture of Ravensheugh Sands
Picture of Ravensheugh Sands
Picture of Ravensheugh Sands
Picture of Ravensheugh Sands
Picture of Ravensheugh Sands
Caption: October 5 - 11 2020 #shotsoftheweek
