The past few days here at Whitby have felt like spring and at last we have had some of those beautifully coloured skies as the sun hits the horizon.

I feel quite lucky to have captured this sunset as it wasn’t my intention to actually be out with the camera. Fortunately I have set myself a goal of capturing one sunset per month from the area near Whitby West Pier Lighthouse. The main objective of my project is to illustrate how the sons setting point changes significantly over the course of 12 months, you can read about my little project here.

A Beautiful Spring Sunset In Whitby On The Yorkshire Coast

A Beautiful Spring Sunset In Whitby On The Yorkshire Coast

I always believe that having projects really help you stay focussed and get you out there with the camera at times you may not have gone out. Its my firm belief that many of the best photographs only happen by chance, so bing out with your camera as often as possible is the only way your going to capture those great moments in time.An old friend once told me.. “The only photographs of today, are the ones you take today”.  Thats a sentence that is always fixed firmly in the back of my mind.

I guess you could say, its just another sunset, but what I really enjoyed about this one was the waves breaking onto the beach. I had to really tune my awareness of the waves coming in and time them so that I caught the suns glow through them as the Finally broke near shore. I guess that sounds quite simple, but its not. Sometimes I was stood concentrating for several minutes at a time before the next wave came through. Timing the pressing of the shutter to coincide with that wave break really took more concentration than you would imagine.

Below are just a handful of the photographs I took on Friday evening. Please have a browse through and leave any feedback or questions you would like to ask in the comments section below. For any of you who are interested I will now be starting my evening photography walks around Whitby. For further information please check out tuition details here.

Further Reading

Spring Sunsets At Whitby

Spring Sunsets At Whitby

Spring Sunsets At Whitby

Spring Sunsets At Whitby

Spring Sunsets At Whitby

Spring Sunsets At Whitby

Spring Sunsets At Whitby

Spring Sunsets At Whitby

Spring Sunsets At Whitby

Spring Sunsets At Whitby

Spring Sunsets At Whitby

Spring Sunsets At Whitby

Spring Sunsets At Whitby

Spring Sunsets At Whitby