Loch of Park, Aberdeenshire

Photograph of a family group seated inside a rowing boat on the Loch of Park in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, taken at sunset. On the right of the boat, a man is bent forward as he rows the boat and on the left is seated a woman and a child, the former wearing a bonnet. Hills in the background.

In this photograph, taken close to where the Wilson family holidayed at the Village of Park, George Washington Wilson took the unusual step, at the time, of photographing into the sun just as it was setting, which helped balance the exposure of both the sky and the foreground. He also used an iron developer that preserved details in shadow areas. He used members of his family as models in these photographs and photographed the loch itself against a low sun.