landscape

The Importance of Revisiting a Site – Photography Practice in Scotland

Photography series showing the importance of revisiting locations in Scotland, capturing how changing light and weather affect results.

Returning to familiar locations often produces new results. Light, weather, and season all change, meaning a second or third visit can reveal details that weren’t there before.

This series shows how repeat visits create variety. The same place shifts character depending on the conditions, offering new compositions and perspectives.

Revisiting sites is part of my regular approach, ensuring subjects are documented in different moods and at different times. It keeps even familiar places fresh.

Arbroath cliffs trail.

Imagine standing atop rugged cliffs, with the North Sea crashing below and the wind whipping through your hair.

Welcome to the Arbroath Cliffs Walk, where nature’s raw beauty meets Scotland’s storied coastline.

The Arbroath Cliffs Walk stretches along Scotland’s east coast, offering a 4-mile trail filled with dramatic cliff faces, natural rock formations, and panoramic sea views.

Have you walked the Arbroath Cliffs? Share your favorite spots or good photography walk in the comments on my instagram @lee_ramsden as I would love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks

Lee

Loch Brandy

Hello,

I hope that you are well and have had a lovely weekend.

Today I thought Id share a couple of simple shots from a recent hike up Loch Brandy.

Loch Brandy is a superb example of a mountain corrie, backed by craggy slopes and cradling a perfect loch. The walk has the benefit of a very well-constructed path making this a good short and relatively easy hillwalk.

Thanks

Lee

The difference two weeks can make.

01 Helm Cragg, Cumbrial, Lake District, England, Landscape, wild, camp, tent, outdoors, professional, action, photographer.jpg
02 Helm Cragg; Cumbrial; Lake District; England; Landscape; wild; camp; tent; outdoors; professional; action; photographer.jpg

Hello,

I hope that you have had a good week.

Today i wanted to share a quick comparison.

The above images were taken litteraly two weeks apart. On both occasions i was very lucky on the weather front.

If you have not yet been, i strongly recommend a trip up Helm Crag in the Lake district.

Out of all the hikes there, this is regarded as one of the easiest.

Even with all your camera and camping kit.

Hope that you have a good weekend.

Lee

FRIARTON BRIDGE

Friarton, Bridge, Perth, Scotland, box girder, steel, river Tay, 1978, drone photography, Lee Ramsden.jpg

Hello,

Today id like to share an image of the Friarton Bridge in Scotland.

With me working in Aberdeen and travelling the 350 miles each weekend home, i have driven over the bridge numerous times and the scale over the amazing Scottish landscape has always been a nice part pf the journey.

Friarton Bridge Is a steel box girder bridge with a concrete deck, across the River Tay on the southeastern outskirts of Perth, Scotland. The bridge was designed by Freeman Fox and Partners with the team being led by Dr Oleg Kerensky. The bridge was a pair of steel box girders (one under each carriage way) 4.3 m wide overlaid by a lightweight concrete deck. It forms part of the eastern spur of the M90 between junctions 10 (Craigend) and 11 (Broxden), the most northerly motorway junction in the UK. It also forms part of the important east coast road corridor from Edinburgh through to Dundee and Aberdeen. It was the first large box girder bridge to be built to the Merrison Rules which were introduced in 1973 after the collapse during construction of three box girder bridges during the 1970s. The bridge was strengthened during the 2000s to cope with modern traffic loadings.

Have a good weekend.

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Lee

Lecropt Kirk Parish, Church of Scotland

Lecropt Kirk, Parish, Church, Bridge of Allan, Perthshire, Scotland, Drone Photography, Warship, Worship, Lee Ramsden.jpg

Hello,

This is the Lecropt Kirk Parish, Church of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

What an Amazing building, and interesting contrast between the old and modern.

It was built in 1825 now with the M9 adjacent.

Bonus random fact for you, the founder of the special air service (SAS) Major David Stirling was from Lecropt.

Have a great weekend

Keep in touch

Lee