I’m currently spending winter in a funny little nook of Scotland… the village of Findhorn. I’ve been here since November, and have another three weeks left before it’ll be time to move on to a new pitch and a new area.
Findhorn is an unusual place… a quick google will tell you it’s a bit of a spiritual hub, and attracts people from all over the world. It’s also an eco village, and has some of the coolest, most interesting builds I’ve ever seen. I’m notorious for getting bored on walks, but I have to say, Findhorn has kept me entertained. You could wander the Eco village for hours, taking in the building materials and designs, seeing what they’ve used in their gardens. There’s character everywhere.
Strangely, I spent the first few months here just not picking up my camera. I was going through one of my ‘I just don’t have to urge to photograph’ phases, even though there’s photographs on every corner. I think sometimes you just have to absorb an area first, before documenting it on film.
Since I shot these on 35mm, I’ve been out on a different morning with the mamiya and fired off a roll of medium format. I have a feeling that I light metered half the roll incorrectly (that’ll teach me for jumping between film stocks) so fingers crossed I haven’t cocked up any good shots.
I’ve been lucky again to land in an area that is ideal for bike rides. I’d do pretty much anything to avoid riding on roads… I’m more of a ‘coffee in a flask, camera in my bag’ kind of rider and I just want to potter along safely and take a break with a good view. Half the time, I’ll have one earphone in and my riding playlist blasting (00s emo mostly, I’m not ashamed).
Other than that, this roll of film was shot on morning walks, coffee on the go, and up at a log cabin in Lairg that we visited on a couple of days off. Quiet days, trooping through a mild winter, enjoying the quiet before a busy summer on Skye starts.
