Shoot first, ask questions later.

You know how sometimes you turn up at a beach or somewhere and think, this is nice i will get my camera out later and get a few shots....well that's what i thought.
I arrived at a beach near Appledore with all the family at about 9.30-10.00am, the place was deserted and it looked really pretty.
The local sailing school had some boats at the waterside, waiting for lessons to start, fishermen where out with nets near the edge, and there was the wrecked little boat near us.
We got all our kit out near the old boat and set up for the day.

This was my first holiday away with my new camera and for some reason i was a bit shy of walking around trying to take nice pictures, crouching, moving, climbing things to get interesting angles, for some reason i though i would be making a bit of an exhibition of myself, also i wanted to play with the kids and relax with my wife. One hour later the beach was
busy and most of the shots i wanted where getting lost
in the crowed.

Finally the urge to take some nature and scenery pictures got to much, my chance at the boat School had gone and the abandoned boat had a family right next to it, the fishermen where still out but someone parked a red van on the opposite beach right behind them, all the obvious shots ruined i took a stroll, got some pictures, cursing my luck.

Thinking about it, it could have got cloudy or even rained and ruined my chances too.

The Lesson learnt: See it, shoot it, keep it! or risk Waiting, it may change, then you lose it!

More editing required, i wanted these fishermen to be timeless but the V-dub transporter makes it after 2002, as the van was there i got the fella parascending in too, trying to fill the frame with stuff to look at
when i first arrived at the beach there was a different sailing boat in shot.




These two are like one of those spot the difference competitions now i have edited them. I like to think this is now anytime after 1950 (the sailing boat is just a bit modern looking to me, i know nothing about boats).







The very frustrating 'abandoned boat shot', i wanted to shoot from sand level, so, more foreground, with the boat hiding the '10' signs and still get the hut and flag in, because i waited a family set up all their beach stuff right next to the boat. Fortunately they went for a swim so i got a quick compromised shot of what i wanted, it still made my desktop background for 4 months.