A Great Scottish Adventure - Reflections and Journeying

Stunning Sunset at John o'Groats. I didn't get many of these due to the weather!

We have now been back from our Great Scottish Adventure for a week and I'm sat at the kitchen table having finally processed the 1,000 or so photos that I took on my phone - either as a back-up to the camera; or on days when the weather was against us and I left the camera in the bag. I also find myself reflecting our 31 day adventure covering 3,663 miles of road travel and over 4,000 raw image files taken across my phone and camera!

If you've missed the blog and photos so far then you can access the four parts via the following links:

• Part 1: https://www.kdlandscapephotography.co.uk/post/a-great-scottish-adventure-part-1

• Part 2: https://www.kdlandscapephotography.co.uk/post/a-great-scottish-adventure-part-2

• Part 3: https://www.kdlandscapephotography.co.uk/post/a-great-scottish-adventure-part-3

• Part 4: https://www.kdlandscapephotography.co.uk/post/a-great-scottish-adventure-part-4

Journeying

There was a specific type of day when I didn't tend to get the camera out of the bag and that was on the days when we were travelling between accommodation; mostly because I like to use my camera in full manual mode and this isn't as 'instant' as when using a phone. My opinion is that the camera on my phone is already excellent and if I am just going to point and shoot on the fly, then I might as well use that.

Testing the Composition

I am not the most technical photographer and I am still very much learning composition; so I often use my phone to test things out and look at what is going on in the scene; before getting the camera out (or even when the camera is out) to test things out and see how things look. I also used it to occasionally take a photo to ensure I captured a moment on the fly or as a 'back up' if the main camera didn't work as well as I might have imagined.

Weather

Travelling in Scotland certainly presents the photographer with a challenge. Although I have a 'rain jacket' for my camera - there were some days when this just didn't work out; on these days the camera stayed firmly in the bag and I reverted to my phone which is easier to keep dry grab out of a pocket. I'm sure as my confidence as a photographer increases, this will become a rarer occurrence.

Reflections

I'm sure you've already got the sense from my blog that this trip was one that I thoroughly enjoyed. I got to connect with nature, enjoy practicing my photography almost every day and spend time with both Mrs B and our dog Lexi.

I'm already looking forward to the next adventure - the only question is 'where'!

Until next time,

Kenny