Photo tips on the way to Dunedin

13May10

“Wow, a L series lens, that’s nice”, muttered the man behind me. It was Dale, this man and myself on the empty beach. Dale and I had gotten up for sunrise to photograph the Moeraki Boulders. The man, who was over 60, was walking around with a camera on a tripod. He had followed me around all morning inspecting how I was photographing. I set up for a long lens, side lit image, and the man blurted out, “that angle won’t work”. The morning light at the Moeraki Boulders, which is a world site that everyone is supposed to see in their lifetime, was gorgeous. The unrequested critique caught me off guard but who knows…maybe the man was a true master! The angle the man didn’t like is below. After the morning shoot Dale and I continued down the coast to Dunedin. We scored good waves at St.Clair Beach. Dunedin is a beautiful city and I could easily see myself living there.

Image: The Moeraki Boulders.
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