I didn't expect to find this in Florence, Italy

I didn't expect to find this in Florence, Italy

I have just had the pleasure of being asked to fly out to Tuscany in Italy to shoot a project for a client. The brief was simple – make Florence and the surrounding Tuscan hills look beautiful. A simple enough job. You point your lens anywhere at the many masterpieces of renaissance architecture, art works and sprawling Tuscan landscapes and it’s a picture postcard. The place is littered with cultural significance and is a filmmaker’s dream.

For me, this was my first trip abroad in over two years. Covid has seen to this. And it has been particularly enlightening. Familiarity breeds contempt and whilst Scotland is beautiful in its own right, exploring a new destination was long overdue.

What I didn’t expect was the impact this trip would have on me. An epiphany if you like. My creativity has been at a crossroads. I have been away, in more ways than one, struggling to know what to do with my YouTube channel and the kind of things I want to make. Removed from the comfort of familiarity, wandering the streets of Florence with a camera in my hand, it struck me. I had a clear vision for this channel and the videos I want to make for you.

If you’re struggling for a breakthrough, do something different, go somewhere new, break the same habits and be open to the ideas that come from this.

Big changes are coming to this channel and I can’t wait to share them with you. Thank you for your continued support and thank you for watching the video I didn't expect to find this in Florence, Italy