Beach Huts, Sunrise at St Leonard’s-on-Sea

Beach Huts, Sunrise at St Leonard’s-on-Sea

Beach Huts, Sunrise at St Leonard’s-on-Sea I rode down to the seafront at S Leonards-on-Sea this morning to find a thick sea mist rolling in off the Channel. Leaning my bicycle against one of the beach huts along this bit of the promenade, I stopped to take in...
Impression Sunrise: Low Tide at Hastings

Impression Sunrise: Low Tide at Hastings

Impression Sunrise: Low Tide at Hastings What a magic sunrise this was! I pedalled down to the seafront in this mist, an hour before dawn. The tide was out and so I walked down onto the wide flat stretch of sand and awaited the sunrise. I had the place all to myself....
Victorian Iron: Hastings Pier at Low Tide

Victorian Iron: Hastings Pier at Low Tide

Victorian Iron: Hastings Pier at Low Tide With low tide coinciding with the dawn the past couple of days, I was drawn back to the iron pilings of Hastings Pier. I love them in blue hour – the cold blue light before dawn seems to bring out the moodiness of all...
Early Morning Sea Mist, Norman’s Bay

Early Morning Sea Mist, Norman’s Bay

Early Morning Sea Mist, Norman’s Bay In most of my landscapes I like to have a human figure – that of a cyclist –  to add interest, a sense of a story or a bit of scale. Occasionally though I come across a scene that needs to be empty, such as this...
Blue Hour on the Seafront, St Leonards-on-Sea

Blue Hour on the Seafront, St Leonards-on-Sea

Blue Hour on the Seafront, St Leonards-on-Sea It was bitterly cold when I pedalled down to the seafront at St Leonards-on-Sea this morning, the mercury hovering at around minus-3ºC, but the blue hour light was beautiful, the winds were light and the high tide was...