The power of the sea
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I love the sea. I spent a lot of time growing up next to the sea, and it drove me to my first degree (Marine Biology since you ask!). Sadly, Oxford is about as far from the sea as it is possible to get in the UK so I don't get to see the sea as often as I'd like.
New Zealand, on the other hand, is a country where all civilisation seems to be congregated along the coast, so my three weeks there recently were spent, for the most part, in very close proximity to the sea.
The secret of photographing water is to get the shutter speed right. You should try a whole range of speeds, from very slow to very fast as the difference it makes to the final image is huge. You shouldn't just take one shot either. Water is always changing. Waves don't all break in the same way, so trying each setting a couple of times at different points of the wave crash can result in wildly different pictures, so which work and some which don't. Yes, it will mean you'll take a lot of pictures, but with something as unreadable as water movement, it's worth it.
There are still places available on my basic studio photography course to be held on 13th May in Tackley (Oxfordshire). The price is £120 for the day, including lunch. Visit the website for more information and to book.
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