Beach

Sometimes Ya Just Gotta Pee – In remembrance of Don Simmons

Black And White Photography, Don, Photography

It was a great day at the beach;
We built castles and played on the surf.
It’s time to leave, and I have to pee.

Mom’s all packed and ready to go;
Little brother is in the stroller.
But sometimes you just gotta pee.

Everybody is unhappy;
Mom is mad and brother is crying.
And I’m lookin’ for a place to pee.

The bathhouse is too far away;
I have to do this while folks walk by.
But sometimes you just gotta pee !

— Don Simmons

 

On the beach with my son

Black And White Photography, Ian, Photography
Heading onto the beach in Bamburgh

Heading onto the beach at Bamburgh with the X100F — a photograph of movement and direction rather than a formal portrait. Beach light in Northumberland is wide and even; shooting into the light at this angle silhouettes the figure against the sand and sea, and monochrome holds the tonal range from the bright sky to the foreground shadow without compromise. See the Northumbrian Summer series on IJM Photography.