FAVOURITE PLACES by Gaynor Davies ARPS

FAVOURITE PLACES Gaynor Davies ARPS

My favourite place? Anywhere that puts a smile on my face! I don’t know about you, but I have noticed that when I feel really inspired by a place, I walk around with a permanent smile because I am so absorbed and ‘in the flow’, being swept along by the atmosphere or sense of possibilities that the location has to offer.

It doesn’t always have to be the obvious places either. Yes, it can be the majesty of the Lofoten Islands, the wilderness of Scotland, the Calatrava bridges of Rotterdam or the modern architecture of La Défense in Paris – I love them all and have all the shots that you would expect to see to prove it.

But what really interests me are the photographs I took in those places which could be from anywhere; which don’t scream out where they are from but rather, conjure up a sense of a place, whilst also appealing on a more universal level.

They can be of small, seemingly insignificant details, or bigger picture views, and often give no clue as to where they are from. These three images are from a very well-photographed location but I would imagine that many people would struggle to identify them as being from Glencoe. And that makes me smile.