Diaries of a Photographer Part 2

25/10/06

14.18 - Collected my new van today and so coupled the excursion to Coldeen Beach with a photography mission!
Drove to a place called Normans Bay Beach (1066?!?!) and have been walking along the beach to see what I can see.
I had spotted the area from the train and it isn't dissapointing.
Classic seaside. Huge beach thats empty apart from litter. Wind and rain beating down and that sombre atmosphere only experienced in places like this and on days like this.
Just broken into Normans Bay Caravan Park to use their facilities. Its big and plush and rammed with motorhomes and plenty of people sitting in them looking disgruntled infront of T.V's. Why would you camp at this time of year?
The backdrop is purest fields and wetlands and the area is both picturesque, tourist and a strangely inhabited dream. Trying to photograph the drabness and beauty of it in one.

15.37 - I have returned to the van. It is pissing it down. A hard day in all - beach walking is hard going and whilst Pevensy is unlike anywhere else I have been its hard to photograph. The atmosphere of the place is quite unique and I don't know if my photos will reveal that.
A maze of beach side houses, caravans and an insane de-mob like estate that feels like American suburbia.
A re-visit is essential.
Oh year, I think I ruined a whole film too and I only took 3 all day!