I’m addicted to long exposure photography, and most of the times I don’t like to include “living” elements in my images: in this case I made an exception. I was shooting the waves at the beach in Abashiri during a very calm morning, and there were hundreds of seagulls feeding by the beach. I thought they would complement the scene in a really nice way, but I didn’t want them to be too much recognizable, but simplify them into lines and shapes. The long exposure, combined with the compression of my telephoto lens, really helped here in making the wave very prominent, blur the birds into lines and give an overall 2D element to the frame.

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I made this image on a cold early spring morning during a bicycle ride near my house. When I have some time to spare I love taking long rides along the coast with my camera, trying to find new locations and interesting subjects to photograph. On this particular morning the weather was just perfect for long exposures, with thick dark clouds and not so many people around. I took several compositions of these very simple rocks, trying to include the subdued cliff in the background. I really love the contrast between the dark rocks and the white water in this particular shot, I think it gives the whole composition a lot of dynamism.

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The biggest reason why I love seascape photography is that you never get the same image twice. The sea is constantly moving, and it shapes the landscape in a unique way moment after moment. On this cold morning I was shooting at the beach in Abashiri, fresh snow was covering the black sand, and huge strong waves from the sea of Okhotsk were crushing on the shore. All these movement created beautiful layers of whites and blacks throughout the frame, a great example of the amazing natural symmetry I always try to capture with my photography.

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This image was taken minutes before a huge Summer storm started to hit the coastline not far from where I live. The waves were huge and no one else was around, as the wind was so strong you were barely able to stand up. What caught my eye was the scary and dark cloud over the sea in the distance, full of rain and electricity. Taking the actual shot was technically quite challenging because of the wind and the spray from the water, but after many tries I was able to get what I think is one of my favorite images of that year.

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