Getting Addresses

The first day that I photographed at the beach, I had not thought to get the email addresses of the people I photographed so that I could send them a copy. The next time I went, though, I realized it might be a good idea. I photographed this surfer entering the water when I thought of it. I told him I had a pen and notebook in the car. Good, he said. My girlfriend can write it down.


And so I began to collect the addresses, if not always the names.

The first day I was there, I saw a blonde women walking toward the water. I wanted to ask her if I could photograph her, but she was too far ahead. Thinking it best not to run toward her waving a camera, I snapped a photograph of her from the distance, a lone woman on a blank stretch of beautiful beach.


Fortunately, I saw her again and was able to get her email address. Turns out she worked this summer at a surf camp for kids. I'm hoping to get her to teach my girlfriend to surf. Paid lessons, of course.