Elesha! Forest and Beach

It is always a joy to work with Elesha. Doing something different is always an aim with me so with the warm weather it was off to the New Forest with it's trees and of course ponies. The contrasty summer sun is always difficult to control but we managed and first shot in the trees and then out on the commonland that supports the famous New Forest Ponies. Elesha in her very inimitable way was always serene.

Next was off to the beach but not the one we had intended as the SatNav took us into the traffic and miles away from our destination. As luck would have it we found another beach and one with virtually no other people there. Here we stepped up to some lovely High Fashion with the super sweep of a pebble beach.

Tired and hungry we retired to a Toby Carvery joined by Elesha's mum Clare for a well earned meal.

Cee and Seaside

After a large gap from shooting together Cee and I arranged a shoot. Having been told about the improvements to the beach area of Littlehampton I checked out images and it was ideal. Waking up in the morning it was cloudy but rather than cancel we went ahead. On reaching Littlehampton early to check everything out I could see the sky clearing out to see and by the time we were ready to shoot it was perfect and the tide was out making the sea a quarter of a mile away giving a huge expanse to play with. Cee was as usual in great form. Chatting and shooting on the beach was a great start. We then moved to the newly painted beach huts. The vibrant colours just jumped. and we had a play with shapes and colours. From here we moved on to the World's Longest Bench. It has been sculptured into curves at each end. Perfect indeed but shooting was a task and in order to get detail in Cee I had to over-expose by two stops. Results were brilliant. Finally we used a amphitheatre dish which was great for atmosphere and movement. All complete we sat down at the very funky beach cafe for a very deserved drink. Just enjoy!