St Monans - Fife coast, Scotland.

St Monans is a quaint fishing village between Elie and Pittenweem on the Fife coast. From there you can see the Isle of May and Bas Rock islands across the Firth of Forth. It is worth a trip to St Monans, as its quaint and quirky.

There is plenty of photo opportunities to be had at any time of the day. Betsy (Cockapoo) and I went there yesterday evening to capture something meaningful. I wrote down, and drew in my small notebook of what I would like to capture well before leaving the house, this included the tide times, wind forecast, sunset time, and general weather conditions. I went to the breakwater with Betsy, but it was a bit sketchy to have her there while I took a long exposure image at around sun set.

I moved on, and I did take a long exposure image of a fishing boat in the harbour as the tide went out, not quite what I wanted, but it was meaningful to me. Then, I just looked and walked about, and came across a small beach which looked out to the breakwater. The sun had set, but there was still enough light. I moved away from my camera and set up my drone (DJI Mavic Mini 4 Pro). As it was flying I moved in towards the break water, I composed the image manually, then took a few shots. I felt I captured something minimalist (the clouds did not help, a cloudless evening would have made it more minimalist). Being patient paid off, and I knew going home I would come away with something.

We have to be patient as photographers, and I understand this. To be creative at anything, we need to be patient, there is no shortcuts. If you did not get your dream image, you can still get one, just pause for a second, and feel something inside you as you look around - you will get it.

St Monans harbour - 2 minute long exposure.

St Monans break water - sun set. Captured from my drone.