Driving Through Wales

Thank you everyone for all your messages yesterday for my family and for the feedback on my post yesterday The Story of How He Died.  Yesterday was our five year mark since my dad was killed and it definitely makes it harder as an expat when you cannot return to any one spot with all the family to remember a loved one.  However, I hope it encourages all to make good choices and to always think before getting behind the wheel.  

It is happenstance that the next part of my trip from Wales to share on the blog today is about driving through Wales.  As we do not have a car in England, getting to drive through the countryside on our journey through Wales was quite the treat.  It is just as you would imagine it: winding country roads, hillsides dotted with sheep, green fields with horses, and cute little villages brimmed with history.  


 Of course when you are not  used to being in a car and you add in the factors of twisting roads, round-a-bouts, and being in a car where someone constantly weaves in their lane you are bound to get a little motion sick.  For Ronan it was being the the back of the car with all the winding roads and so we stopped to get some fresh air.  Luckily his Nonna, my mum, is a dōTERRA consultant who travels with a variety of essential oils.  So with a little peppermint and some fresh Welsh air we were back on the road again.  


Since I usually do photography posts on Thursday I wanted to showcase a few portraits I have taken up to this point in the trip in Wales.  The composite above was taken while we were taking a break from driving to get Ronan to feel better from feeling carsick.  There was complete cloud cover which creates a natural light diffuser for a perfect lighting situation.  I had a reader a while back ask me what to do when you live somewhere where it is always cloudy. To them I responded, 'take photographs every day!' It can be the sun that can be your worst enemy when it comes to getting nice portraits. I lived in Hawaii for years and I would only shoot in the very early morning or close to sundown since the sunlight was so strong without the use of shade.   Here are a few more portraits from the past two days of this portion of the trip. 



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28 comments:

  1. Such beautiful scenery! It makes me miss England terribly! And, as always, beautiful photography!

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  2. The sceneries are lovely. Must have been a nice trip up there. And it does come in handy, a mother who knows her way around essential oils.
    Lovely lovely, beautiful :)

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  3. Thank you Susanne! Yes she helped a few of us out through out the week. Yay for holistic health. x

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  4. Thank you Briana! It was gorgeous even in all the rain up there. I just had my eyes (and camera) glued to the window.

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  5. Your photos of the big day and surrounding time make me really want to visit Wales! I love the photo of your mom smiling! xx

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  6. i so want to go back to Wales. we used to go to Llandudno every year when I was little but my memories are so vague now! So nice to be able to see some of your pictures!

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  7. Lovely at,ospheric pics. It is a pretty corner of England, I would love to go back!

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  8. I love the random red phone booth in what (seems like) the middle of nowhere.

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  9. What beautiful scenery!! Fun Fact: We drive on the left side of the road in Japan as well and now every time i watch tv or see pictures of roads i point out to the fact that they're driving on the "wrong side" of the road!! haha it was nice to see you guys on the "correct" lane! :P oooh and i love the red phone book in the middle of nowhere!!


    ps. those portraits are stunning! perfect lighting indeed.
    xoxo

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  10. What beautiful pictures. I love the countryside!!

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  11. Wow, these pictures are truly lovely. I will be visiting Ireland in November and I hope to see some landscapes just like that!
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  12. Such gorgeous photos. You have a beautiful, happy family Bonnie!

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  13. Beautiful photos, Wales is such a beautiful country!
    xx


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  14. Thanks for the doTERRA shout out.

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  15. Wow, these pictures are so beautiful! I would love to visit Wales.

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  16. Gorgeous scenery! Love the portraits x

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  17. Thank you Sara, it such a great town! We were only there for a bit but I really liked it.

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  18. Thank you I hope you do get to visit! x

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  19. It is so beautiful. I felt so inspired there!

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  20. Thank you, it was so nice getting to catch up with family and friends.

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  21. Oh lucky! I havent been to Ireland yet, I look forward to reading about that through your travels!

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  22. Seriously I am so happy in the countryside in the UK. beauty everywhere.

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  23. Oh that is awesome! I love that you pointed that out. It messes me up now when I watch tv and films in the US and they get into their cars...im like..wait! Wrong side!

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  24. There are so many like that...just in the middle of no where and I never tire of taking photos of them. x

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  25. I hope you do get to come back too Holly! x

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  26. oh that is so nice! i bet that was great going every year. I can so see going back to Wales every year and my boys really loved it there. Glad you enjoyed the photos I am sharing so much still from our travels there. I take too many photos. ;)

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  27. I hope you get to visit Amanda! I love that photo too as I dont have so many of her smiling in the last recent years, so its great seeing it now. x

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