Tag Archives: sea

The view between

Posted on December 21, 2015 by simongregor

This view between two beach huts was taken a few years ago on the Essex coast.  Beach huts seem to be a popular subject for photography, especially if they are painted in bright and contrasting colours. These ones were rather … Continue reading →

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Looking out to sea

Posted on June 2, 2015 by simongregor

In the spirit of honesty, I should state up front that today’s image was not entirely spontaneous – an obliging friend responded to my request to sit on the bench!   A sense of scale is often difficult to achieve in … Continue reading →

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Blue everywhere

Posted on October 30, 2014 by simongregor

I lived in Devon as a toddler, so I must have seen St Michael’s Mount as a child, but to be honest I can’t remember having done so.  The first time I “knowingly” saw it was in 2011, when we … Continue reading →

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A place to sit

Posted on September 8, 2014 by simongregor

Today’s picture is an old one, but I like it.  In fact, I took it sufficiently long ago that I cannot recall exactly where it is, other than that it’s in Britain and I think on the south coast. But … Continue reading →

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View point

Posted on September 4, 2014 by simongregor

Looking back, beaches were a big part of my childhood, or at least they made a big impact on my impressionable mind.  My beach exploration began in Devon and Cornwall as a toddler accompanied by my parents, and continued on … Continue reading →

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Dark foreground, bright background

Posted on September 3, 2014 by simongregor

In some ways, today’s picture is quite similar to yesterday’s I suppose, at least in structure – a sweeping landscape with a bright blue sky!  The content could not be more different though, with yesterday’s crowded urban environment replaced by … Continue reading →

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Leaving space

Posted on August 7, 2014 by simongregor

One of the traps which new photographers often fall into is putting too much in the frame – either by not getting close enough to what they are shooting, or by not zooming/cropping in far enough.  The picture can then … Continue reading →

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