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Alex Murison
West Midlands, UK
Nikon D7000
You mentioned that you did a fair amount of wild camping and hiking all across the UK. What has been your most memorable travel experience yet?
I had a period of a few months where I was out of work and struggled to find something new; I decided that I needed to escape for a while. Embarking on a month long solo trip exploring the Isle of Skye and areas of the Scottish Highlands, I visited some truly breathtaking landscapes.
From old Viking settlements in the wilderness around Loch Brittle, to bagging my first munro on the Cuillin Ridge (which also included some very dodgy descents with a fair amount of uncontrollable scree skiing). However, a distinct moment that sticks out in my mind was one morning when camping in a beautiful mossy woodland near Glencoe. It was the final day of my trip before the 8 hour drive back down to the Midlands.
Upon waking, I unzipped my tent and clambered out, only to be met by a majestic red deer stag who stood only a couple of meters away. I froze and so did he, we just looked at one another for what felt like an eternity. He eventually broke my gaze to look around and grab a mouthful of grass before lying down right next to my tent. He remained there for the near entire duration of me packing up, I think secretly laughing inside at watching me struggle to try and fit all my gear into their stuff sacks and my pack. When I was nearly done he got up, took one last look at me, then at the surrounding woodland and off he went, disappearing into the bracken.
What types of stories are you hoping to convey to your audience through your photography
I use photography as a tool to illustrate an alternative perspective of the natural world around us. My passion is long exposure photography, which I feel allows me to create a hidden view within a landscape. The blurring of clouds, waves and waterfalls portrays an almost dream-like appearance of the places that I visit by showing another viewpoint from that which we see with the naked eye. As each image can frequently take 30 seconds or more to capture, it also gives me a chance to appreciate what lies before me, whilst the excited anticipation builds of what the camera is capturing within these hidden landscapes.
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