Photochrome Camera Club

By Gail Secchia
On Saturday, June 7, nine early-bird members rode south down the coast to meet at Pescadero Beach to take advantage of a very low tide. When the ocean water recedes, little pools of water are left in the rocks creating tide pools. In these pools are Starfish, Sea Anemones, and other living organisms creating wonderful “photo-ops.”

After arriving to a clear, blue-sky beach day, we packed up our cameras, tripods, and lenses, while some of us changed into boots. Then we all walked to the beach with our black umbrellas (which we would use to help diffuse the light). This was also a day we would use polarizing filters. What fun it was to capture images of these tide pool creatures!!

Later in the day, we all had lunch in the town of Pescadero at the Pescadero Bakery/Grocery, well-known for its freshly baked Artichoke Bread. Buy a little goat cheese and you have the perfect combination for the hungry photographer. We enjoyed good food and conversation in the warm sunshine at the picnic tables in the back by the apple trees AND topped-off our feast with ice cream bars for dessert.

In the afternoon we spent time at Pebble Beach collecting small colored stones and shells to set-up for some close-up work in the holes of the rocks. All-in-all it was a fun day playing with our cameras at the beach.