'Southwold Beach' by katlightner

Southwold Beach, a photo by katlightner on Flickr.

I'll tell you what I've been neglecting over the past few months - my Polaroid camera. I was so excited to finally get one that worked but I think a combination of things has made me lose interest a bit. Firstly, my son was born and he's been keeping me very busy. In fact I don't take as many photos as I used to with any camera, not just the Polaroid, I simply don't have the time! Actually that's a bit of a lie. I am still taking A LOT of photos. They're just mainly of my children. And secondly I finally got onto Instagram and it's kind of filling that instant photography section of my life. I know it's not the same at all though so I really need to pull my finger out and get good at taking Polaroids. First step is buying some more film.

This is the photograph that inspired this post. It's a lovely example of that lovely warm vintage feel you get with a Polaroid photo. And of course it's Southwold beach with beach huts do what's not to love. In fact Southwold was the very first place I took a Polaroid photo. Unfortunately I was extremely disappointed with the results. Hopefully one day I'll go back and get it right.

'4 Days in Southwold 26' by vintage 1953 & wackymoomin

4 Days in Southwold 26, a photo by vintage 1953 & wackymoomin on Flickr.

Eleven days into 2012 and I've not posted a beach hut photo yet. Let's change that now. I love this one. I think it looks really bold and dramatic. Great colours, great compostion and fantastic lighting. That sky is really beautiful and so well captured too. Really puts me in the mood for a spot of beach hut photographing myself.

'Beach huts for hire' by Me

Beach huts for hire, a photo by PhotoPuddle on Flickr.

What's that you say? You'd like to see another photo from my visit to Southwold? Oh go on then, if you insist! This sign obviously needed it's photo taken. Even my husband said that when he saw it he knew I'd stop to snap it! It was actually quite hard to capture as there was a phone number at the bottom that I didn't want to get in the shot. It was tricky to keep the camera steady enough to leave it out. I know I could have cropped it out at a later date but I wanted to get it right first time.

Oh and in case you were wondering, I resisted the urge to hire one. Maybe next summer.

'Beach huts in blue' by Me

Beach huts in blue, a photo by PhotoPuddle on Flickr.

As you may or may not have noticed I've not posted in a while, that's because I've been off on my travels in Suffolk. Yes, I did it! I finally visited Southwold and I must admit I did actually squeal a little bit with delight when we arrived. The beach huts were as awesome as I'd hoped. And what made it even more amazing was that a lot of them were being used so I got to have a nosy inside. They are really cool. Most of them were really big so there was space for a bit of a kitchen and seating area. In fact I've lived in flats with smaller kitchens that some of these beach huts.

As can you imagine I took rather a lot of photos. Busy sorting through them now and will share more with you soon but here is one which was instantly a favourite. In fact I am thinking of getting it made into a print for my bathroom.

'southwold suffolk' by plot19

southwold suffolk, a photo by plot19 on Flickr.

I may get the opportunity to go to Southwold in Suffolk later this summer and must admit I am rediculously excited! Silly really but I've got it into my head that it's going to be just so pretty there. In all the pictures I've seen it just looks like the perfect british seaside town. And of course there are many lovely beach huts there. If I do go I will definitely be sure to take a lot of photos. Hopefully some of them will be as good as this one that was taken there. It's such a peaceful and beautiful image. I love all the soft colours with an almost pink hue. Yes, it definitely make me want to got for a visit.

'Beach hut geometry' by ly wylde

Beach hut geometry, originally uploaded by ly wylde.

If I had a beach hut then today would definitely have been a beach hut day. But as I don't, it was a paddling pool in the garden day instead. That was lots of fun too.

This beach hut photo is great. I love the interesting angle it was taken from and I love colours - the blues are gorgeous. When I was looking at this picture I was wondering where it was taken as it looked so exotic. Amazingly it's in Southwold in the UK. I have seen lots of lovely Southwold photos now. I really must go there.... with my camera of course!