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How do you keep yourself motivated?
What motivates you in this throwaway 50 hour work week world?
Spinalonga, one way in, no way out.
Where do we go from here and how do we get there? This thought and my lack of creative motivation lately have been plaguing me for a while and I think I have an answer.
This has been a strange one for me and a bit of a revelation, I have decided that I actually like to write and I think it may become my new motivator, whether its sharing new ideas or old learnings I am aiming to write something at least twice a month. If anyone reads it great, if someone learns from it, even better and that’s what’s going to motivate me.
Most of the writing here will be photography related, whether its gear talk, shooting styles, workflow or any other aspect. There may also be some life observations, travel talk, rants and requests.
I’m not promising any earth shattering content and I’ll probably get more out of this than the reader but hey, as they say, whatever helps you get by.
Stay with me and enjoy, hopefully!
And off we go..........
Polphail Village
Took a drive up the west coast of Scotland last weekend to an area know mostly for the luxury resort of Portavadie Marina, but my main reason for the trip was to check out the remains of Polphail, it was but during the early 70's to provide accommodation for up to 500 workers at a nearby oil platform construction yard, but the yard never started production and so Polphail lay empty from the day it was built.
You can read more about the village here. It's now in a far worse state than the photographs on Secret Scotland show, so if you're planning a visit go soon and be careful. I've put a couple of shots of the graffiti in the urban gallery and a shot of one of the accommodation blocks that give a flavour of how things look now.
On a plus side the Portavadie Marina nearby is a little luxury haven for the weary traveller, so you can go explore then treat yourself to lunch. With nice weather the scenery is hard to beat as well.
One of the many viewpoints on the road to Polphail