The November club shoot was at Cart Gap.
After parking up, we wandered down the concrete slope and had to wait a little while for the somewhat high tide to recede a little, before some of us hopped off the slope (benefits of wellies) and onto the beach.
Some of our group wandered up the beach towards Happisburgh where the stormy sea was on show, whilst others wandered in the other direction towards the rocks.
Rocks have replaced some of the old wooden groynes at Cart Gap and offer something a bit different.
I stayed put most of the morning to grab a quality seascape shot.
I’m pleased with this shot as the wooden elements I think provide something just a little bit different.
A more traditional composition is below.
I suddenly realised I had been on this spot for a long time, so decided to shift my carcass.
I show the groyne from the left hand side.
I decided to wander along the concrete steps towards the area where the rocks were.
The shot below just hasn’t worked for me, and I tried an editing sequence one of the group recommended based on a YouTuber.
I don’t like it.
I reset the edit, applied my usual editing routine and sent it though a Nik Color Efex filter which looks much better.
It was a wrap.
We all wandered back to the car park for our coffees and a debrief.
A good morning was had by all.
I reflected later that day and into the week that this shoot had not been as fruitful experience as others.
I had stayed within a rigid just shooting mode without any proactive creativity thinking and I wasn’t sure why.
Maybe it was tiredness, maybe it was a bigger group or what I do not know. It’s not uncommon for photographers to have a mental block, or a day where they just haven’t felt it.
I made my way home and drove past (again) the scene of my car accident back in March. I will always slow down and glance at that junction, and at the fence where my car went through.
There was to be no Golden Arches visit, but an equally unhealthy if not less ultra-processed foodstuff by me having a bacon sandwich for lunch.
Onwards and upwards…