A Kiss On The Coast

2024

I never like to shoot from a position that is elevated compared to my subject – animals are beautiful, why should we ever look down on them? But with the grey seals of Norfolk it is unavoidable during breeding season, getting too close risks pups being abandoned, and I am not willing to take that risk for the sake of a photograph.

I have worked this location for the last three years, and I know the dunes enough to know that their are dips in the sand that allow the photographer to maintain a safe and comfortable distance for all involved, but also enable the resulting photograph to feel more intimate, all without setting foot on the beach itself.

When I perch myself in the dip, it is then about hunkering down and waiting for a moment. I think this is one of the most special moments I have witnessed from these dunes. After spending considerable time crouched down, my ankles were aching, but it was all worth it, and I will re-visit these dunes in 2025, that is a certainty.