The North Sea, viewed from St Aidan's dunes, Seahouses.

This is one of the few photos I've got left to process from Seahouses in August 2013. I remember having climbed up the dunes whilst my sons and husband played cricket on the beach. I found a quiet place and just sat and watched the waves for a while. There's nothing visually exciting about this photo (other than a large ship on the horizon if you zoom right in!) but I think it stirs the other senses - I can smell the sea, hear the waves and feel the warmth of the sun when I look at it.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 1/100s, 29mm, hand held.

The top of the dunes at Seahouses

Here's another one from Northumberland, August 2013. A bit a of a clichéd subject, but I just wanted to take a version of my own!

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 1/125s, 32mm, hand held.

Seaside layers of light and texture off Holy Island

I took this picture in August 2013 on a day-trip to Holy Island. It's taken from the harbour area, looking back across to the southern mainland. I liked the many different layers of light and texture in the sea, beaches, land and sky.

In Lightroom, I increased contrast and exposure overall, but reduced exposure in the sky to bring down the overexposed brighter layer of clouds.

Over the dunes between Bamburgh and Seahouses

I took this in August 2013 on our holidays. We'd spent a few hours on the beach and were heading back to the car on this path through St Aidan's dunes. I looked back after climbing over this wooden stile and thought it'd make a good picture. Typically, we then had to hang around for ages whilst other holiday-makers made their way (very slowly!) over the stile and safely out of my photo!

In Lightroom I increased overall contrast and reduced exposure in the sky with a graduated filter.

St Aiden's sand dunes, between Seahouses and Bamburgh, Northumberland.

Northumberland again, from Aug 2013 - this time it's the dunes at St Aiden's, between Seahouses and Bamburgh. Dramatic dark clouds with a patch of blue sky breaking through. Yet again I didn't have my grad filter with me, so had to make post-production adjustments (total reduction in highlights and slight reduction in exposure) to get the detail back in the sky.