Tester shots on the beach

I wanted to try and use floaty fabric in some of the images. I had the idea of using fabric with a dancer on a beach so you get the idea and atmosphere of the open area/air. Rachael Kirkwood was my model for the day and she is very flexible. I wanted her to lean back and have the fabric going over her face so that it looks like she is part of the fabric. I wanted to use fabrics because dance is all about being free and expressing yourself and the fabric is similar, you can't control it in the wind and it is free. Rachael and I went to Blackpool Pleasure Beach but unfortunately when we arrived there the tide was in so we could not go on the beach, I continued to drive further down heading towards Fleetwood. We stopped over and tested it on some grass overlooking the sea to see whether it would work or not. Below are some examples:

I would like to try and capture the image again maybe on the beach or in the studio and bring the fabric further down. I like the way the fabric moves in the wind so I would like to try using a dancer and the fabric together, maybe have the dancer doing a routine with the fabric and capturing different stills.

Later, after capturing the images we headed back to Blackpool and decided to go to St Anne's. When we arrived there the sun was shining and the tide was out so we were able to go onto the beach. We continued to use the fabric but it was too bright and the fabric disappeared into the background.

Therefore, I decided to get rid of the fabric and try some silhouette shots using the background. I asked Rachael to try a few different dance poses to see how they would turn out and I like the way the model looks in the images as you can see the silhouette of her as seen below

I wanted a different angle so I got my camera closer down to the ground and so you get the reflection of the sun from the ground and the lens flare from the sun bringing you in towards the model. I edited so it was more of a narrow portrait as I felt it didn't need the extra part of the image on the side and it enhances the model. There are a few things I do not like about the image and if I were to capture it again I would like to do it differently. For example the tide was out so the sand was wet. Therefore, there are foot marks and little puddles of water sitting in the sand, I would like to use dry sand so it defines the sand and the sea better.

Overall, I like the sihouette images and would like to capture some more images that are low key and some in silhouette. These are a few test shots that gave me some inspiration and also make me realise what I could do to improve these images. Below are all the images I took from that shoot