My friend Chris Breen takes wonderful photos from the beach that is 10 minutes from his house. In fact, it seems as if he posts one every time I’m stuck in my office on a deadline, which (a) makes me long to be at a beach, any beach; (b) makes me silently curse Chris for lording it over everyone like me; (c) reminds me that I actually live within walking distance of a Seattle beach (below) and should get my damn work done so I can go enjoy it.
Chris wrote about the beach photos he takes and why he does it, in the process touching on important photographic essentials like actively seeing a scene and looking for new colors, textures, and compositions in familiar surroundings. Go read it now and enjoy the photos: About the beach photos.