sand, salt + sun – the ocean | virginia beach, va photographer

“Looking out from underneath, fractured moonlight on the sea, reflections still look the same to me.” – Florence + The Machine

Tires humming underneath a little green box + Florence became the soundtrack of a trip full of adventure, laughter, sand, salt + sun.  It all started with a call from my amazing friend Mandy with the need for some help photographing a wedding in the mountains of West Virginia (read more about that here…).  On top of being able to photograph that amazing wedding, we were able to spend a few short days near the Atlantic Ocean.  After a lost drivers license in Minnesota and lost baggage in Virginia, we arrived to the sand, salt + sun.

This is a deeply personal post, and I’m sharing some of my personal work.  I just can’t say enough about what being next to the ocean does to me and my soul.  Adventurer at heart, I am, it was something I felt I needed to do.  To spend some time reflecting on where I am in my life + photographic journey.   As a part of this journey I brought along some film + a 35mm camera, and I’m sharing something with you that is new to me.  Something gritty, grainy and raw.  I thank my bestie, Mandy evermore for allowing me to sit in the passenger seat once again.  Here’s to many more…

nothing better than expired film from photography school.

image of me, by mandy tincher.