Day 8 - March 4


I'm Olivia. I'm from Danbury CT, I'm 15 years old and a sophomore. I live in Lewis Dorm. I've been at Forman for 2 years. I chose to do Scotland as my Winterim because I've always wanted to go and it sounded like a fun and interesting experience.
 
Today we had our first full day in the Island of Skye. To start off the day we went to The Quiraing and hiked up for a while and got beautiful shots of the mountains. We had our photography instructors with us and we learned about different shutter speeds, and how to use a tripod. We also stopped to take pictures at Kilt Rock Falls and Lock Fada to get shots of The Storr.  Then we went back to walk on the harbor and got a bunch of pictures of the water with sailboats and colorful houses in the background. Once we arrived at the Fairy Pools after lunch we did some more hiking and that’s when we all used the tripods. We all had the chance to take our cameras and set it up to take pictures of a partly frozen stream. After we all got to try out taking the pictures we walked back to the bus and drove back to the hotel.

The Quiraing on Skye.  The path was a sheer drop on the left, about 200 feet down.  We are turning back at this point.

The Fairy Pools in Glen Brittle

Portree Harbor

The rocks below Kilt Rock Falls

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