Buzios, Rio de Janeiro: A Blast From The Past

It is winter time in Edinburgh, and without snow, it is mostly dull and grey. In order to cheer myself up last week, I looked at some of the travel photos I took in more clement weather.

Drakkar ship at sunset in Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — This Viking drakkar ship was anchored for the night. I believe that, during the day, it took tourists on sightseeing tours of Buzios

While I was living in Tallahassee, Florida, I met and befriended a wonderful Brazilian scientist who was on sabbatical at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, the place where I used to work back in the mid 90’s. It always pays off to be nice to people, and if they are from Brazil, they can return the favour in wonderful ways. I believe it was thanks to some help from my Brazilian friend that I got an invitation to a conference in Buzios, a beach resort in the state of Rio de Janeiro. It was back in August 2008 and I got to spend a wonderful week in Brazil. It was sunny the whole time I was in Buzios, so I got many opportunities to capture wonderful sunrises and sunsets. At the time I was just taking photographs for the fun of it, but I was beginning to take photography more and more seriously. To the point of skipping some conference talks to make sure I was able to capture the golden hour light.

Beach chairs in Buzios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — I wish I were resting on one of these chairs right now!

Looking at these pictures brings back some wonderful memories. Now that I am a photographer, I sometimes get so caught in the process of creating images that I forget the why. Preserving memories is a very important function of photography, and it’s good to get reminded (pun intended) of that fact from time to time.