OUR APPRENT ICE says…

For this shot of nearby Bamburgh Castle, taken soon after sunrise the following morning, David suggested trying to make the most of the wave-washed sand in the foreground to capture a reflection of the castle. As there was no direct light on the castle itself, he also recommended under-exposing slightly, to throw the castle into silhouette, and to make more of the drama in the sky. Even then the brightest parts of the sky were blown out, so David lent me a two-stop ND grad filter, and a holder, which he showed me how to position so that it darkened the sky and not the beach. To capture the reflection of the castle, I had to do what David called ‘the photographer’s dance’: bobbing up and down until the castle was in the right position, and then setting up my camera at exactly that height!