Coastal light in late October
The light up north in late October is low and sideways for most of the day. By three in the afternoon everything turns the colour of weak tea, and the shadows of fence posts stretch across entire fields.
I brought three rolls of Portra 400 and shot them slower than I expected. Wind makes you patient: you wait for the gusts to pass, for the grass to settle, for the gulls to leave the frame.
The best frames came from standing still for a long time in one unremarkable spot.
Most evenings ended in the same small café by the harbour, drying gloves on the radiator and writing down exposure notes before I forgot them.