A planned early morning photo-shoot to Hallsands on the South Devon Coast.
Incidentally one of the southernmost parts of the county.

The time of year calls for setting the alarm clock for stoopidoclock, this time around 3.30am to allow us to leave about 4am to get on location by 4.40am sunrise on this shoot was 5.03am. During the drive we were beginning to think we had not left early enough as the sky started to fill with colour and we were 20 minutes away from our planned location.

Hallsands is very easy to get to and very accommodating with free car park practically on the beach itself.
The beach is shingle and falls quite drastically to the sea, at least at higher tides, not too sure what its like here when the tide is right out.

Lots of small boats to use that are left on the beach but not too many features at high tide in the way of rocky outcrops. You can get around to another photogenic stretch of shoreline at the far left hand side of the beach, worth checking that out for shore…(deliberate spelling mistake icon_smile )

With good light and a nice cloud cover you should be able to get some good shots from the area, the sun rises from the direction of the sea and will afford you to get the long trail of sun across the sea.

Better still dont forget your tripod and shoot longer exposures to obtain shots like the following.

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