Beach Photos - Photography and Paintography by Ray Bilcliff
Sunset Beach Photography and Some Photography Tips.
On Sunset Beach. There are many beautiful things to photograph on a sunset beach, like sand dunes or wild sea oats a kind of cereal grass that grows wild on some beaches. There are sea shells and birds and old broken piers or sea walls. There may be rocks and rock pools with sea weed and the reflection of the setting sun. Look for red cloud reflections in the sea or in the small pools. And at sunset be sure to look for the red glow in the wet sand as the water recedes.
What Lens To Use. Use a wide angle lens to get it all in maybe a 24x70mm, compose your photos from down low like a crabs eye view and remember the 123 Rule. Foreground. Midground and Background. A 200 or 300mm for zooming in on birds may be a good idea. The Tamron all in one 28x300mm is not too expensive and will do wide angle and zoom in for the wild life shots.
Beach Paintography. Beach scenes lend themselves real well to paintography with the texture of the sand and waves. Distant people and birds can be transformed with paintography.
Naples Beach. For me Naples beach is my favorite it is always good for sunset photography with warming colors, a fishing pier and sometimes stormy skies maybe the sea is calm sometimes it is rough. But I also like to find a wild beach away from towns that has been left to nature to sculpt.
Close Ups. Be sure to get close up shots of the sea shells, sea grass or sea oats, shoot from low down with a wide-angle lens and capture a panorama of the beach in the same photograph.
On Sunset Beach. There are many beautiful things to photograph on a sunset beach, like sand dunes or wild sea oats a kind of cereal grass that grows wild on some beaches. There are sea shells and birds and old broken piers or sea walls. There may be rocks and rock pools with sea weed and the reflection of the setting sun. Look for red cloud reflections in the sea or in the small pools. And at sunset be sure to look for the red glow in the wet sand as the water recedes.
What Lens To Use. Use a wide angle lens to get it all in maybe a 24x70mm, compose your photos from down low like a crabs eye view and remember the 123 Rule. Foreground. Midground and Background. A 200 or 300mm for zooming in on birds may be a good idea. The Tamron all in one 28x300mm is not too expensive and will do wide angle and zoom in for the wild life shots.
Beach Paintography. Beach scenes lend themselves real well to paintography with the texture of the sand and waves. Distant people and birds can be transformed with paintography.
Naples Beach. For me Naples beach is my favorite it is always good for sunset photography with warming colors, a fishing pier and sometimes stormy skies maybe the sea is calm sometimes it is rough. But I also like to find a wild beach away from towns that has been left to nature to sculpt.
Close Ups. Be sure to get close up shots of the sea shells, sea grass or sea oats, shoot from low down with a wide-angle lens and capture a panorama of the beach in the same photograph.
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