Earlier this year I told myself to make a make a commitment towards improving a part of my photography that has well, been neglected for a long time as I was striving to improve other aspects of my photography. Now I don’t believe I’ll ever be the next Ansel Adams or Galen Rowell but I also know that I’ll never come close if I never try. So the day I decided to try came last week while Julie and I were out scouting some beaches for an upcoming engagement session with a couple from Colorado next week.

Speak to anyone who really knows me and they willl tell you that that I love beaches and I love tropical islands with incredible beaches. So it was only natural that I start off working with seascapes and our scouting for a suitable beach for the upcoming engagement session gave me the great opportunity to do so. I can honestly tell you that I am my own harshest critic and while I’m not terribly disappointed in these photos I can honestly say that I’m not very excited about them either. I can already pick out the areas where I could have made the shots better and I wish we would have had more time in our scouting session to shoot so that I could have taken full advantage of the beautiful sunset that came later that evening. I also wish I would have spent more time in finding a better spot to shoot from to feature a more interesting foreground than what I have below. Either way, it was still good to get out and shoot for once for my own pleasure and I can think of a lot worse things to do in life so I’m content with just being able to get out and practice for a bit. Enjoy!