September-09

Squeak goes the floor board of our rented cottage. All week long I have managed to step on it as I tip toe out of the cottage at a quarter past a ridiculous hour.
Thankfully my wife still sleeps soundly, though I will probally be told later that she heard me go out. Thats women for you – sleeping Ninjas.
It is the last day of a very productive trip. Most of the locations I had planned to photograph have been photographed. However some seascapes are required to finish off the collection.
Seascapes, what can I say? Like many a photographer they have always attracted me. Be it crashing surf or eerie stillness there is always something to photograph. I find the only way to get good seascapes is to get wet.
So as is SOP (standard operating procedure) with me, I am on my knees and getting wet with the Manfrotto legs wide apart and pushed as far into the soft wet sand as I can get them.
Doing so allows me to get the camera and lens as close to the surf as possible. The camera located this close to the ground will ensure that the composition is dramatic, and will make the viewer feel as if they are there.
For this shot,shutter speed would be key, too slow and the water will blur too much, too fast and I will freeze the action of the retreating surf.
To overcome this challenge I try a number of test shots using different shutter speeds. Settling on 1/3 of a second and with an aperture of F13 set. I trip the shutter as a wave comes in then retreats out along the shore.
Thankfully the camera and lens are dry, which is more than can be said for me! But hey thats S.O.P.

Squeak goes the floor board of our rented cottage. All week long I have managed to step on it as I tip toe out of the cottage at a quarter past a ridiculous hour.

Thankfully my wife still sleeps soundly, though I will probally be told later that she heard me go out. Thats women for you – sleeping Ninjas.

It is the last day of a very productive trip. Most of the locations I had planned to photograph have been photographed. However some seascapes are required to finish off the collection.

Seascapes, what can I say? Like many a photographer they have always attracted me. Be it crashing surf or eerie stillness there is always something to photograph. I find the only way to get good seascapes is to get wet.

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So as is SOP (standard operating procedure) with me, I am on my knees and getting wet with the Manfrotto legs wide apart and pushed as far into the soft wet sand as I can get them.

Doing so allows me to get the camera and lens as close to the surf as possible. The camera located this close to the ground will ensure that the composition is dramatic, and will make the viewer feel as if they are there.

For this shot,shutter speed would be key, too slow and the water will blur too much, too fast and I will freeze the action of the retreating surf.

To overcome this challenge I try a number of test shots using different shutter speeds. Settling on 1/3 of a second and with an aperture of F13 set. I trip the shutter as a wave comes in then retreats out along the shore.

Thankfully the camera and lens are dry, which is more than can be said for me! But hey thats S.O.P.