Beach People

Beach People, a photo by David Rothwell (rothwell172) on Flickr.

When I'm out shooting I normally survey the lay of the land to get some sort of idea, of what I would like to shoot and what would appeal to people.

I'm always looking at the aesthetic of composition, contrasting colours, shapes, people, animals etc.

With this shot I noticed I had three or more possibilties, the textures in the shot, water versus land or sand in this case. Also the people in the shot, some fully clothed and kitted out for walking a dog on the beach, some kitted out to paddle out in some cooling sea water, or to investigate and fish for crabs and the like, these people are beach people.