Monthly Archives: December 2023
window washing day
Then there was that one morning in Edinburgh when the window washer – four floors down – reached all the way up and cleaned our windows. I followed the brush from window to window to get The Shot I Wanted. It seemed like a critical moment, somehow.
Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.16.2023
wellington
This is one of the times that what I thought the photo was going to be about – a steamy coffee shop window – turned into being about the man’s hands and the way their position echos the way his feet are placed.
It just goes to show…something.
Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.17.2023
station dogs
It seems odd now to think back on the times – which weren’t that long ago – when I just didn’t take pictures of people. I had no interest in it and would actively avoid scenes that were tainted by humans (and/or dogs).
Obviously, I have gotten over that and being in busy urban environments with my camera in hand is actually something that I enjoy a great deal. And a Saturday afternoon at a busy train station was the perfect location to get some images with people in them…
Waverly Station
Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.11.2023
the cathedral and the court (and a red car)
This was the view from our window in Edinburgh – it’s St. Giles’ Cathedral, the Scottish supreme court building, a statue*, some people, and a shiny red car.
When I made the photo, I thought it was about the stained glass windows in the cathedral, but now I’ve changed my mind and the red car seems a lot more important than it did initially. (To be honest: initially, I wished it wasn’t even there at all. But now I see that it pulls together all the other red parts of the image in a way I enjoy.)
Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.12.2023
*The statue is of a gentleman with the succinct name and title of Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry, KG, PC, FRS, FRSE, styled Lord Eskdail between 1808 and 1812 and Earl of Dalkeith between 1812 and 1819.
waterfront
It might look too pretty to be real. But I promise you that Tobermory really IS this lovely.
Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland
photographed 11.9.2023
One Day | One Image 