2025 has been a bit of a washout photographically! Sort of lost my mojo halfway through. Hardly any photography podcasts or any personal work. I was very focused on practising product photography and did not do any individual projects. So, in a bid to get the creative juices flowing, I forced myself to make the trek to Kariotahi Beach. It's a beautiful black sand beach in South Auckland. I had been here a few months ago in an attempt to capture the Aurora. During low tide, when the beach is wet, it becomes a mirror reflecting the sky. I could not make it to low tide, but I made it for the Sunset. Did you know that the beach is a designated road?
Even though there were lots of clouds in the sky, I couldn't see much colours in the sky. So, I edited a couple of them using a split-tone effect.
Now, as a habit, I am gonna force myself to get out there every weekend to practice. There's no other way to improve my craft, I suppose.
Anyway, here are a few of the shots. I did a bunch of HDR shots as well. All in all, a good exercise for the photographic muscles.
