Yesterday I drove to the beach with my fiance. She wanted to see the water and I was trying to catch the sun (we didn't leave until 7:30pm). We made it in enough time and the light was beautiful. The word "beautiful" seems to have lost it's luster and impact so perhaps it isn't really adequate for what the light was doing. It was flowing over everything, not filtered by haze or fog but flowing from reflections with golden tints and bouncing over everything it touched. A summer light indeed coming from straight across the ocean in a sunset glow. I shot a roll on my Bronica but the light had faded fast so I'm not looking for much. I hadn't been to Hermosa beach for some time and I forgot how it looked. A picturesque typical California beach scene. Very clean and wholesome. Not quite like Venice, but it has it's own character and attraction all the same. I don't shoot a lot of beach stuff because I have seen so much of it that it doesn't grab my eye. I do appreciate it but I normally don't shoot it. I opened a store on Cafeshops.com. I am impressed with the setup and I uploaded a piece and will try to sell as much as possible on the site. The site is www.cafeshops.com/SilverImage. I will upload more images later today.

Peace