Andy Brown (mrbuk1)
Undercurrents
(Published in Advanced Photographer, December 2012)
(Explore #10, Front Page)
Continuing on a theme from my last post - this image also involves the unwelcome(?) inclusion of people. I've often shot at this location, yet can't recollect these warning flags being placed out before now - naturally anything new is inviting! To the left of me was a near empty beach. To the right of me was a near empty beach. Yet within seconds of me setting up to shoot, a mother and her two small children bounded into frame from the left, followed by a wakeboarder jettisoning himself in from the right.
I waited and waited to see if they would move. Of course they didn't, and by this stage I had already decided to postpone for half an hour or so and try again - knowing the tide would be on the turn which might bring some fresh interest to the base of the tripod frame. Nothing to do then but fire off a few test shots and take stock during my wait. Sure enough, once the waters shifted I was back in position - no young families or water sports practioners anywhere to be seen. And you know what? The empty pictures sucked. I'm not sure if it was due to changes in the light, or a subtle shift in the cloud or some other small alteration in circumstance - but regardless, like it or not I couldn't deny that the human interest appealed to me this time round...
Well, apart perhaps from the guy wakeboarding - he still looks kind of odd to me!
Undercurrents
(Published in Advanced Photographer, December 2012)
(Explore #10, Front Page)
Continuing on a theme from my last post - this image also involves the unwelcome(?) inclusion of people. I've often shot at this location, yet can't recollect these warning flags being placed out before now - naturally anything new is inviting! To the left of me was a near empty beach. To the right of me was a near empty beach. Yet within seconds of me setting up to shoot, a mother and her two small children bounded into frame from the left, followed by a wakeboarder jettisoning himself in from the right.
I waited and waited to see if they would move. Of course they didn't, and by this stage I had already decided to postpone for half an hour or so and try again - knowing the tide would be on the turn which might bring some fresh interest to the base of the tripod frame. Nothing to do then but fire off a few test shots and take stock during my wait. Sure enough, once the waters shifted I was back in position - no young families or water sports practioners anywhere to be seen. And you know what? The empty pictures sucked. I'm not sure if it was due to changes in the light, or a subtle shift in the cloud or some other small alteration in circumstance - but regardless, like it or not I couldn't deny that the human interest appealed to me this time round...
Well, apart perhaps from the guy wakeboarding - he still looks kind of odd to me!