You know, when I first set up this blog I was expecting it to be a lot easier to go out and make these quick posts. In my head, I was going out once a week, getting a set of photos and creating a blog post weekly. I haven’t even come close. Something always gets in the way, or more realistically, I just get lazy. But writing daily is good practice, which is why even now I try and write something, even if its not for here every day. Especially as a below average writer it helps to just write a lot.
I think the other problem with me making these is that I forget to take photos on these drives (or I just choose not to). The drive has always been more important to me than the photos. And even less posting the photos has been the smallest priority. I like the drive because it gives my mind space to run but not so much get away because I need to focus on driving as well. Being still and thinking just moves my thoughts all over the place in a random mess where no thought is every fully completed. Driving gets it right where I can focus on a single idea or thought at a time. Not really letting me jump around in my own mind. I think that’s why I like driving so much. On top of a lot of other reasons like the music, the speed, the views and just the overall freedom to go out and not be stuck inside.
For these photos I think I only had one focus, to get some nice sunset photos of the Martin Beach rock structure. It was the first time I was up there for sunset. Usually its not worth the drive to here risking a bad cloud day. I just found myself attracted to this place for this day. Once I got there it was just like I imagined. A clean sky day with no one else on the beach. The small houses creating the right amount of structure to compliment the beach. The sunset wasn’t interrupted by the fog bank in the distance either. I was happy with how all my photos came out.
The edits on these weren’t too difficult either. The day called for the old orange and teal look. An edit I haven’t been a fan of in the past but I thought would work nicely for these photos.
Not bad for a last minute trip to the beach. And only getting there 20 minutes before the sun dropped below the horizon. It was a much needed trip with a lot on my mind, school coming up and having been trapped inside for a week from being sick.