{"id":1900,"date":"2016-03-12T15:39:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T16:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2016-03-12T15:42:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T16:42:01","slug":"empty-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=1900","title":{"rendered":"The vast stretch of an empty beach"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I am aware that over the years I have developed particular styles when taking photographs.\u00a0 Mary will comment when she sees a landscape that I am particularly proud of how there always seems to be a flower or something striking right at the front of the picture.\u00a0\u00a0 I know I am drawn to dramatic skies and the vast\u00a0stretch of an empty beach.<\/p>\n

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I was reminded of that yesterday when I was writing a piece for a church magazine and I included a picture of Mary,\u00a0alone on the West Sands at St Andrew’s.\u00a0 That location was made famous by the opening\u00a0scene of the film, Chariots of Fire<\/em>.\u00a0 It’s a place that we knew well as students there in the 1960s and despite the terrible December weather, we managed a walk along the sands last December.\u00a0 And of course the same style was in evidence in yesterday’s blog<\/a> with Poppy on the beach.<\/p>\n

I have dipped into the archives and here are some more empty beach pictures.<\/p>\n

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Lily on the beach at Cruden Bay (January 2012)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mary and the dogs on Craigewan Beach, Peterhead (October 2014)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mary and Lily on Aberdour beach (March 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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