Seaside photography

For me, the window of opportunity for taking a good holiday photograph at the seaside is very small, perhaps as little as 10 days.

I spent the morning walking along the beaches of a stretch of the Mediterranean. Today was a good day for photographing beach activities. Hot, but with a strong offshore breeze, it made a very pleasant morning.

Last week there were not enough people on the beach, OK for the romantic deserted beach shot, but not suitable for what I wanted.

Next week will be July and 95% of Europeans will be fighting for space on the beach, the sea will be turned into foam by crowds of people jumping up and down. August is the same or worse, the 5% who didn't make it for July will definately be paddling and swimming in August.

So my window is this week and perhaps the last week in August. I need people, but not too many.

This is my photograph for this morning. It's what I had in mind and I hope it graces a magazine cover in the near future.