A few weeks ago myself and my wife decided to make the most of the summer and take our three young children away camping each weekend (or as many weekends as possible) during August.

As always my camera is never far behind when packing and one evening while visiting Teignmouth (which is located on the east coast in Devon England) I managed to go awol for a couple of hours to catch the fading light.

I’ve always been drawn to the coast to shoot and the sea has pretty much always featured in my life.

My first homes (bachelor pads) where all located overlooking the beach and it was fascinating to watch the changing light over the sea and it provided a constant hunting ground for images.

I spotted this Lighthouse during an afternoon drive and quickly whipped out my iphone to check where the sun’s position was during the day (got an app for that!).

I knew from the information that the evening would work well and it meant I could not only catch the lighthouse illuminated but also avoid waking the kids at 5.00 am and enraging the wife!.

I managed to get to the location and set up in plenty of time before the light got interesting and tried several camera angles before being happy.

If you have seen some of my Photography Tutorials you’ll know by now that shooting long exposures is very common place for me and this one was no exception.

This is not my final choice image as I have a fair amount of work that I have planned for that one before it’s completed but another from the evening.

Shaldon Lighthouse Near Teignmouth

Exposure for this frame was 8 Seconds at F16  shot on my Canon 1Ds Mk 2 and 28-70mm L Series set at 40mm.

I also shot a very short video clip on my phone showing the location.