Exercise: A public space

On Brighton Pier...

Back to Brighton Pier - one of my favourite seaside places - this time at half term for this exercise focusing on a public space.Winter or summer the pier attracts young and old, families, groups of friends and the solitary. I wanted to capture how these visitors used their time on the pier...

From previous visits, I know the challenges it can present. For example, the position of the sun can determine where you can shoot to avoid pointing the camera directly into the sun.But it does have a nicely rounded end out in the sea (where the pier theatre used to be until removed in 1986) which allows a little more room for manoeuvre scope than some seaside piers on the south coast. 

P839: F8 @ 1/250  37mm ISO 100

P840: F8 @ 1/320 51mm  ISO 100

 

P841: F8 @ 1/200  61mm  ISO 100

P842: F8 @1/160 51mm  ISO 100

P843: F8 @ 43mm  ISO 100

P846: F8 @  1/250 51mm ISO 100

P844: F8 @   1/125  31mm ISO 100

P847: F8 @ 18mm 1/125  ISO 100

P846: F8 @1/250  51mm  ISO 100

P848: F6.3 @ 1/400  31mm  ISO 1600

P849: F8  @ 1/400  51mm ISO 400

I'm pleased with the activities captured above - they are definitely representative of the varied use that people make of Brighton Pier. It was an enjoyable exercise to do though I can see that I'm still relying too much on my telephoto lens..