Fishing

This is my personal favourite of all the photographs I took last year –a little more than a month ago now, in December. I was visiting Lowestoft on the Suffolk coast one Sunday, and found the light to be incredibly evocative and beautiful. There was a fresh breeze and lots of spirit in the water and as it was rather cold there weren't many people on the beach; most people preferred the promenade above or the warmth of cafés. The pier was closed, otherwise fishing would probably have been done from there, but fortunately for me the two people with their rod made a perfect human motif to the otherwise barren composition. I loved the variety of lines –horizontal, vertical and diagonal, and was particularly pleased to capture the crash of the wave opposite the two figures, and the hopeful stance they have adopted. No matter how much one plans, sometimes one is especially lucky in that everything comes together right for a photograph. This is one of those happy occasions. Location: Lowestoft, England