Inspired #6

All the lines we cannot see.

Hello and welcome to Inspired, a weekly email for my paid subscribers. In this series I want to explore topics which I hope might spark some inspiration for your own photography. I will talk about my thought process for creating images, both in the field and in post processing. The posts will be linked in some way to the monthly challenges, hopefully giving you all lots of food for thought.

A tranquil morning? I have used a 25 second exposure to blur the water and create an alternate depiction of this blustery morning.

I can hear the sea pounding as I leave the shelter of the trees and step out onto the shingle beach. The wind whips around the hood of my coat and the cold bites into the exposed skin on my face. Ahead of me the sea surges and the waves pummel the beach. The tide is on the ebb but it still has some power. I draw my coat tighter around me and head towards the old steel wall that protects the sandy cliffs from the force of the sea. I am here to take some sunrise shots and experiment with the motion in the water. I am looking for those fleeting lines that appear with the waves and can be captured in camera with a good eye and precise timing.

I have been busy running workshops for the last few days so I only have one day left to make some images for this weeks post, and the weather is challenging! The theme I want to explore is ‘the lines that we cannot see’ - the lines that don’t exist permanently in the landscape but which can add a lot of impact to a photograph.