Travelogue: Stockbridge, Edinburgh

31 October, 2024

One of the joys of social media is discovering places or food or people that you might not find in another way. Sometimes these things go viral, and everyone in the world knows about it. 

Which can be really awesome and a great opportunity for people who are trying to grow their businesses or sell their art or get jobs as a copywriter. 

In my research of places to find delicious bites of food, I came across this bakery called Lannan. I am a girl who loves a delicious croissant and in general loves pastries. So of course, when I found out about Lannan I decided I had to go.

I’m also a girl that is not a huge fan of waiting in long lines , and what I was not prepared for when I arrived was a line around the block. I decided I’m going to be patient and I’m going to wait and it’s going to be delicious .

So I waited and slowly made my way to the door noticing the line behind me was getting longer than the line ahead. Once I could see the door there was a sign there was a maximum of eight people allowed inside at a time. It’s a tiny spot so that makes sense.

Finally, I got to wander in and did my best to see what’s in the pastry case without being in  other people’s way but also wanting to be able to place my order so that other people can get in and place theirs. 

Since the shop is so small, there’s no seating so everything is takeaway. I decided on just two items, a croissant and a custard jam filled pastry. One for “now”, one for later.

This bakery is located in a neighbourhood called Stockbridge, an area of Scotland I’ve been to before but just like previous trips it’s fun for me to revisit areas again to see how things have changed but also explore different parts of that neighbourhood.

I wandered along the water, nearby is the Water of Leith, finding bits of history and also taking in some of the fall colour that was still hanging around at this time.

I also experimented with a technique called intentional camera movement, or ICM.

ISO 160 | f/1.4 | 1.5seconds with 10 Stop ND Filter

This is a creative technique that lets us create some abstraction or movement in a still image.

By using a neutral density filter and a slightly slow shutter speed, then moving the camera while the shutter is open, we can create something that’s a little bit unique.

ISO 160 | f/1.4 | 2.5seconds with 10 Stop ND filter

Steps: 14,728

~ Kate