A journey through 2011
View the photo slideshow in big Shetland: I started 2011 by travelling to Shetland. I explored the most Northern part of Scotland, hiking through dramatic landscapes in all sorts of weather: strong winds, snow storms, sheets of rain, sun. I was not always fighting the winter elements. I shared a lot of good times with [...]
Shetland crofter, Cunningsburgh, Scotland
Portrait of Peter, crofter in Cunningsburgh. When I took this picture, Peter had just finished to unmade an haystack in order to stock it and feed his cows. Sheepdogs were chasing mice or rats hidden in the ground (where the haystack was before).
Isle of Fethaland, North Roe, Shetland
On my way to Isle of Fethaland, the Northern point of Shetland Mainland.
5 landscape and travel photography of beach in Scotland
Sandwood Bay beach, Blairmore, Sutherland Morning light on Chaipaval, Northton, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides Wild beach, Balnakeil, Durness, Northern Highland White sand beach, Kintyre St Ninian Isle beach, Bigton, Shetland CLICK TO SEE MORE BEAUTIFUL SCENERY PICTURES OF SCOTLAND
Up Helly Aa procession, Lerwick, Shetland
On a windy night, squad members at the Up Helly Aa procession are entering in the Burn site, Lerwick
Crofter, Wester Quarf, Shetland, Scotland
Peter, crofter looking for his sheep, Wester Quarf, Shetland.
Shetland fire festivals
Around a thousand years ago, when Vikings moored off the Shetland coast, they cleared everything in their path before colonising the island and bringing with them their farming methods, their language, culture and traditions. In the 15th century when the daughter of the King of Denmark married James III of Scotland, the land of Shetland [...]
Walk to Burwick, Mainland Shetland, Scotland
View over Pund Voe, Hill of Berry and Tondra, Central Mainland. It was around 11am when the sun lit up the coast. At that time the light is already low like most of the day, but beautiful. Like the Isle of Harris, where I stayed in January 2010, Shetland life is very much influenced by [...]
