For the first time since i left work last Friday i managed to get away from the family days out to do a quick hour of shooting. I met up with one of my shooting pals Paul and we headed to Lytham/St Annes beach. It was windy. Extremely windy. Tripod use was out of the question. We headed down onto the beach hoping to head for the remains of the old pier but alas the tide was further in than i have ever seen it so we had to shoot from afar. After spending some time messing with assembling my Bronica i finally got some shots in. The tide was coming in at a ridiculously rapid pace and by the time i had setup my gear and eyed the shot in on my waist level finder i was stood in water. Metering was a nightmare so i just used my instincts and shot. I was a bit worried as the strong wind was battering our cameras with sand particles and blowing our gear bags all over the place. We persevered regardless and shortly moved further up the coast where a flock of birds was sat on the water quite close to shore. The local dogs chasing them proved to create some nice photo opportunities.
Shortly thereafter i spotted a partially filled plastic bottle dumped on the sand which caught my eye so i snapped it. It turned out to be one of the best shots on the negative.
Our final stop was a little further up the coast where the waves were now smashing against the sea defences. I sacrificed dryness to snap a few quick shots of the spray coming over the wall.
The results were a bit hit-and-miss on the developed negative and some shots took a bit of work to get a decent image of but all in all i think they came out ok. It was nice to be out in some extreme weather shooting on instinct rather than taking my time over each shot and meticulously recording every detail.
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