{"id":1592,"date":"2013-10-01T09:20:59","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T16:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5710.temp.domains\/~pippinst\/blog\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2013-10-01T09:20:59","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T16:20:59","slug":"sea-shoot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pippinstudio.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/01\/sea-shoot\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea shoot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last week we had a glorious afternoon before the storms and wet hit big time. \u00a0I got down there with some stitched samples to shoot some new photos for the website.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been in a bit of a creative void lately getting painting and a bunch of other things done and whenever that happens I get cranky and antsy. \u00a0Eat too much chocolate. \u00a0As I started pulling things out of my bag I wondered if I’d made a mistake. \u00a0I love the beach but was I going to be able to get some good photos out of this or would they be… sigh… boring?<\/p>\n

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I thought it would be cool and breezy there but it was hot and summery. \u00a0I hadn’t stuck my bathing suit on under and I started to wish I had. \u00a0Not saying I would have got in but how cool that I was wishing for the option!<\/p>\n

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Some scuba divers were nearby and as they came up from one dive I heard them talking about the things they had seen. \u00a0Four octopi. \u00a0Octopuses? One octopus and three more besides that.<\/p>\n

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Jumping around on the rocks and logs picking spots turned out to be just what the doctor ordered. \u00a0I had … so … much … fun!! \u00a0(Seems to happen when I get by the sea<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

These green rocks seem meant to back up this princess. \u00a0And I think driftwood, whether the elegant shiny lightened stuff or the beat up hunks, is one of the best things in the world.<\/p>\n

There’s so much to learn. \u00a0I’d waited for the afternoon golden sun and a bonus was the dark graphic shadows setting off the designs.<\/p>\n

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My heron boyfriend (possibly girlfriend) spent the afternoon watching from the boat.<\/p>\n

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I looked up once to see that a seal had come in very close to peek at what I was doing. \u00a0In the second it took to raise my camera he was gone. \u00a0Gone far. \u00a0See him out there? \u00a0I know. \u00a0Brat.<\/p>\n

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Closer, and significantly less speedy at getting away, this little guy and many friends dotted the rocks.<\/p>\n

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When my daughter was younger she would sit on these rocks with several in her hands and stare and stare. \u00a0I like it when kids look into small worlds. \u00a0Peaceful.<\/p>\n

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I was very, very pleased that no cushions took a swim, and that they all came home with me again.<\/p>\n

There were quite a few good heart bubbles while I was working but they’re like seals. \u00a0I caught this one just as it started to blob out. \u00a0See it? \u00a0I take them as a little ‘hello’ from the sea. \u00a0I remember one time when the waves were feisty I stood and watched as tons of hearts quickly formed and disappeared again in front of me. \u00a0It was magical.<\/p>\n

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I finished up after a few hours and as the shadows got a little too harsh, and still had a bit of \u00a0time to sit and read my book. \u00a0But I was also impatient to get home and see how everything had turned out. \u00a0And I’m pleased. \u00a0My beach came through for me. \u00a0Again.<\/p>\n

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