Saying goodbye to St Andrews, family photo session on East Sands

I've had several shoots lately with families who are moving from St Andrews and who wanted to have family photos in their favourite places around the town. It's always bittersweet to say goodbye to the town you grew to love, while looking forward to the new beginnings and adventures. This is what we did one summer evening in July, we met on East Sands to take some photos on the beach, the pier and around the Cathedral ruins. We timed it for the low tide - East Sands gets really small during high tide so there is not much space to run and play.

We took photos outside of the Cathedral - to avoid crowded and very touristic looking shots. It's surrounded with lovely green grass, grown quite high in that time, high grass always makes beautiful backdrop with its colour and texture. Kids loved to play and goof around in it, as well as on the ruins close to the Cathedral walls. We also took some photos of the parents on their favourite bench overlooking the pier and the sea - such photos are always very special, does not matter how simple they are. We walked and messed around on the pier, during low tide it becomes a great spot for climbing that the boys enjoyed a lot. And of course the beach itself - wading in the shallow water, looking for shells and funny shaped sea weed, playing with sticks and splashing. The result was a collection of beautiful, funny, spontaneous photos with views of St Andrews and favourite spots for this family, that will now travel to the States and help to decorate their new home with memories of Scotland.