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My boyfriend, Marshall, and I went fishing on the north end of Wrightsville Beach the other day, near the Shell Island Oceanfront Resort. We go to the beach about once a week, sometimes twice, as we live just 15 minutes away. He loves to fish, and I love to read. We normally wait and go at 6:00 p.m., because that gives the beach time to relax from all of the visitors of earlier in the day (and allows us to actually be able to find a parking spot.) Also, the parking meters stop charging at 6:00 p.m. so that’s another bonus.
Family Beach Portrait Session
Anyway, the other day I was sitting there as the sun was starting to go down. I saw a family there with a photographer for a beach portrait session. This is a popular time of day for families to get their beach portraits taken, as it is when the lighting is the best and makes beautiful photos. This family, as most families do when they get beach portraits taken, was wearing matching outfits – in mostly white.
The photographer took shots of them holding hands and walking to the water’s edge and some of them walking away from the water. Then they took some of them sitting in the dunes (which you aren’t even supposed to go on the dunes, but for some reason, if you are taking family photos then it’s ok.) They continued to take photos on the beach for 30-40 minutes. Finally, they got to my personal favorite – the photos in the water with their clothes on. With their nice white dress clothes, the family wades into the water. In the photos, it looks like they are taking a relaxing stroll on the beach with their feet in the ocean.
And Then …
The tide was coming up during this time and some waves were coming in higher than others. As they are taking the knee-deep family photo, a wave came and knocked the one woman down. It knocked her ALL the way down. She was no longer ankle or knee-deep in the beautiful ocean; she was sitting on her butt in about 3 feet of water.
And, the photographer was taking pictures of it … and her family is laughing. So was I, because I had long given up on trying to read my book. The woman got up, and her white pants were completely wet from her little wave mishap. The photographer was STILL taking pictures.
This ended their photoshoot on the beach. I went back to reading my book, Marshall caught some fish, and then we went home. By the way, one of our favorite things to have with our fish dinner is pineapple preserves hot sauce – check it out!
