On my recent family trip to Corolla, N.C. I made a point of getting up early and walking the beach. Many times I have photographed sunrise on the ocean and each time there is a difference. Lately, I have been trying spend a little more time just taking in the immediate scene and trying to find what more experienced landscape photographers call the “scene within the scene”. On this particular morning I became memorized by the play of early light on the waves as they broke on the shoreline. It is a timeless and beautiful ritual. It was fun to imagine that this rhythm of waves and sand has been repeating for millions of years before any amateur photographer roamed the beach to notice.
