Punta la Nau, Mallorca

No, I didn't lean out over the cliff face with my camera to take this. Not with my partner making spontaneous and shrill panic calls and holding the kids's arms so tight that their hands were starved of blood. With the retreating calls of a certain and spectacular death echoing in my my ear (she went back to the car) I held the Rolleiflex over the edge at 180 degrees and pointed it down, composing through the viewfinder in front of me. This is one of the many advantages that TLR cameras have. The idea originated from German army photographic observers in the first world war who wanted to be able to take photos without having their heads shot off, so a man named Reindold Heidecke designed a camera based on the principles of the periscope. (Info courtesy of Ian Parker's Complete Rollei TLR User's Manual)

breaking the waves

I can stand for ages at the shoreline, just looking and listening to the waves come in and out. Some days the sea finds a rhythm that I like and the waves break better on the stones.

Sea dances

more waves

facing the waves

here are a few more from the afternoon spent on Kirkcaldy prom getting soaked

Boy takes on wave

It was great watching people enjoy the sea, and kids were getting drenched. I had a light rain jacket on which was proving completely inadequate and I had to keep turning my back to the waves and doubling over to protect the camera. It still got wet. Some of the waves were so high and I misjudged when the spray would land.

A wild sea

Saturday afternoon, and I was driving the family home along Kirkcaldy seafront and we are met by waves throwing themselves at the sea wall. I had to return with my camera. It's like this every so often but the light was great which made it extra special. I don't know about you, but this kind of confrontational weather gets me very excited. For some it's the full moon. For me, a sea storm.