PORTREATH GLOWING SUNRISE
This photograph captures the early moments of a waking village on the Cornish coast, blinking into life with the still-glowing lights of streetlamps and the morning sun cresting the horizon. I’d wanted to take a sunrise picture of Portreath for a while, so I decided to arrive nice and early in the pre-dawn to give myself the best chance of capturing all the elements I wanted to. I was particularly keen to feature the warmth of the streetlights, which tend to turn off automatically with the arrival of the sun. So, hugging a steep cliff path in the darkness before dawn, I found a perfect vantage point and waited.
Rewarding my efforts and the leg-aching ascent up the cliffs in the dark, the day’s sunrise and the subsequent views over Portreath were a joy. As it began to get lighter, I could see how cloudy it was, so I’d been unsure what was going to happen. That said, the clouds really came into their own as the predawn progressed, almost trapping the beautiful red glow emitted straight behind Portreath from the rising sun. Despite the brooding sky, it was quite a tranquil morning, and the beach was lapped by a placid sea. Thanks to the calm conditions and the low light, I was able to take a long exposure without a ND filter, allowing the surface of the sea to really smooth itself out and reflect the streetlights of the road that flows down to the shore.
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Portreath Glowing Sunrise is a fine art landscape photograph with a limited run of 100 prints.
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+ PRINTING
Each of my images is printed using an Epson SureColor SC-P800 Printer. This printer is designed to produce high quality professional prints using UltraChrome HD ink that gives a true-to-life finish. Shadows are notably crisp against the vibrancy of the colour palettes across all size ranges of my photography.
+ PAPER
I print my images on Innova Resin Coated Photo Metallic Gloss paper which works extremely well on the Epson SureColor SC-P800 Printer. This 260gsm photo paper has a natural white base tone that contains metallic pigments in its microporous coating. Not only does it provide a high gloss finish, the pigments offer an extra dimension of subtle colour shifts under changing light conditions, and is suitable for colour and greyscale prints.
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+ FRAMING
I offer a range of glass-fronted frames in wood (Birch), and aluminium (Frosted Silver or Jet Black Polished). I have chosen these frames for their strength and quality, and because they perfectly complement the mountboards and balance my images.
+ OTHER MATERIALS
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