It was a 05:30 meet up for myself and a couple of other photographers.
We were heading for Overstrand and were keen to see if we could replicate some shots that Gary Gough had nabbed from one of his videos from about six months ago.
Gary had produced some minimalist ‘fine art’ photographs including from the slope from the clifftop to the promenade.
We did walk down the slope to start with as we wanted to see the extent to which the recent cliff subsidence was hindering the access to the sea defences.
As it turned out, there was minimal sign of a cliff fall, and access possible. It must have been that there had been a big clear up of the fallen debris.
Once you’re at the bottom of the slope, there’s the groyne in front of you straight out to sea, so it would be rude not to grab a shot.
I wasn’t feeling this scene. I’ve shot it several times before and it wasn’t floating my boat this time.
We decided to go up the slope and give the Gary Gough shots a try.
One of us stayed on the promenade, the other went right up to the top of the slope, while I stopped at the top of the first slope.
I took a few shots and I quite liked the results, example below:
I took quite a few from this position.
Below is a montage of similar shots but with different shutter speeds to demonstrate the different affects that can be achieved.
As an alternate to the slow shutter speed, I quite liked the scene with a faster shutter speed and capture of texture within the waves.
And that was a wrap.
The morning sun had risen so fast and the light so bright it was harsh.
We had a quick debrief at the car park with our coffees then made our respective exits.
🚨News alert! No Maccy D’s! I have been resisting the Golden Arches in recent weeks. It’s partly so I am bereft of carbs when I get home and want to kip. And also to avoid the calories.
Given my recent escape from a serious car accident, I do wonder if this denial is somewhat futile. I’m sure my resistance won’t last.
Onwards and upwards…