Golden Hour 52 - Week 1

I am joining in with Sonishka for the Golden Hour - 52 Weeks Project.  The aim is to capture a moment each week at sunrise or sunset - that time of day when the light is at its best for photography.  I will do my best for a photo every week, but obviously there will be times when I can't manage it.

Week 1 - a magical moment that came and went in the blink of an eye.  My daughter and I were enjoying the sunset a few days ago when a dolphin appeared right in front of us.  She was so excited and luckily, I had my camera.

ten on ten (on the 11th)

I have been wanting to join in with this for ages and keep missing it.  This time, I wasn't going to let it stop me, so I'm sorry, but I'm a day late.  I'm joining in with a bit of sunshine, capturing ten photos over ten hours on the tenth day of the month.

As our two week beach holiday draws to a close, we enjoyed both morning and afternoon trips to two different beaches, with indoor reading and relaxing in between.  Capped off with fish, calamari and chips by the lake for dinner.

Generous application of sunscreen

Cousins enjoying the waves

Drying the swimming costumes

A quick game of pool

Some light holiday reading

Making more progress on our 1500 piece puzzle

Mucking around with the panorama setting on the camera - my husband trying to get himself in each frame

Hide and seek amongst the rocks

 Calamari on the lake

The day comes to an end

blue bottles

Had to dodge the blue bottles on our beach walk this evening.

starlight

A quick trip out tonight paid off when the girls and I tried to capture some starlight with a Norfolk pine tree in the foreground.

poser

Went down to the beach for a walk after dinner.  Cate is still a more than willing photographic subject.

night shots

Never tried this before but wanted to get some shots of the bridge at night.

... voyage of the pre-dawn treaders

My daughter and I ventured out very early this morning to try and capture some pre-dawn moments around the lake.  I had an idea in my head of what I wanted, but I didn't quite manage to capture it.

I think by the time we got there it was too light, so we might try again tomorrow.

However, some shots weren't too bad so here are a few.

01.01.13

Today was the first day of a new year.  I thought it might be nice to document it with photos.

An early morning walk on the beach

A morning swim

Lunch

 An afternoon walk on the beach

Visit to the rock pools

Pizza preparation

Sparklers after dinner to welcome the new year

There was also a considerable amount of snoozing, but no-one took a photo of me :)