Gary Kimber

After a quite a long gap, mainly due to weather, tide and work not suitably combining - I have finally been out on the beach for a sunrise. I chose to venture towards Rustington , along the seafront heading East from home. As the sunrise was due just ahead of low tide, there was plenty of wet sand to reflect the pre-sunrise colours and several patches of interesting sand patterns left by that receding tide. Out on the beach, it was a little breezy and very cold but I could see those...

The forecast for the coming week is for very showery weather, so with yesterday being a lovely Winter day I opted to make the most of the opportunity to take sunset photos on East Beach. At this time of year, the sun sets out to sea and the tide was on its way in so my creativity was going to be tested for interesting compositions. Initially, I set up my tripod looking towards the still bright sun and included one of the wooden groynes to add detail. Plus I particularly liked the sun...

A combination of circumstances have precluded me from venturing out for sunsets recently, mainly weather or tide height. But last Monday the conditions looked favourable as the sunset was due about an hour after low tide and it was a sunny day for most part. I usually aim to go to the beach about half an hour ahead of the expected sunset time, as colours start to appear before the sun dips below the horizon. Walking out towards the wave line of the now incoming tide, the sand patterns...