Lancashire coast
Blackpool Tower has been a landmark on the Lancashire coast since 1894. Photographed at sunrise, the tower rises above the quiet seafront before the town comes to life.
The images show both the tower itself and the open promenade below, with first light adding contrast and atmosphere.
This shoot continues my coastal series, recording familiar landmarks in changing light to highlight their place in the landscape.
St Annes Beach stretches wide along the Fylde Coast, the sands running south from the pier towards the dunes. At sunset the light changes quickly — the sky shifts through orange and pink while the wet sand reflects colour back from below, and the wide beach gives walkers and silhouettes a scale that tighter shorelines cannot match.
These drone images were taken in the early evening, hovering above the beach to capture the scale of the space and the figures moving through it. The Fylde Coast has a particular quality at this time of day — it is never frantic, and in summer the evening light rewards patience.
St Annes is one of the locations I return to regularly, both as somewhere to walk and somewhere to photograph. The beach and the estuary offer different conditions each time.
For more coastal photography from Lancashire and Scotland, visit the Places gallery.
Good morning,
Today I’d like to share some simple black and white images where we walk the dog locally on the beach. I am enjoying the contrast and textures at the moment shooting in monochrome.
I would love to see your black-and-white images.
Feel free to comment over on Instagram @lee_ramsden
Thanks
Lee