HOW TO SHOOT SEASCAPES LIKE A PRO!

Head to the coast and unleash your creative side this summer, with James Abbott’s expert guide to seascape photography

Everyone enjoys a trip to the seaside, but for landscape photographers, it’s not just the idea of chips and ice cream on the promenade that whets their appetite. The coast is an exciting location that can provide a huge amount of scope for eye-catching photography. So while you’re on holiday or having a day out at the coast, don’t forget to take your camera with you.

During the summer months, sunrise can be as early as 4.30am, with sunset as late as 9.30pm, which means you can be out shooting well before the day begins, with time for a nap before breakfast; or you could shoot after your evening meal. This makes seascapes the perfect subject on holiday, because the early and late golden hours won’t interfere with your day.

Seascape photography follows all of the same conventions of landscape photography, but with one key difference: most compositions feature water. Seascapes rely on the ability to use exposure to capture water in a multitude of ways; from crashing waves. frozen in time by fast shutter speeds, to silky smooth water created by long exposures, and everything in-between.

So whether you’re an absolute beginner who needs solid guidance to get started, or an expert looking for inspiration, you’ll find everything you need on these pages.