Photoshoots at the Beach

One of the best things about where I live, is that there are a myriad of beaches. I absolutely love doing photoshoots at the beach. I love doing photos on the rocks and jetties. Even at high noon, I have gotten some photos that I love.

I took the photo below close to noon. The secret is to make sure the sun is behind the subject. This is not something that you can do with an iPhone - shooting directly in to the light. With a good digital camera, you can. In this photo I let the background blow out. You only get a hint of the sand and water. I purposely took the photo this way, as it is a great way to make your subject the main focus and it gives the photo a bit of a dreamy quality to it. If I wanted to maintain more detail in the background, I would add a hint of flash.

The photo below was taken as the sun was setting, still plenty of sunshine and nice and bright. As you can see, it was a very windy day and I faced the model into the wind and used it to create some movement and drama in the photo. There is more detail in the background because the sun was setting. I love the dreamy feel to this photo. Just be careful walking on those rocks!!