About the Photographer

About Alphonsus McCarron

I took up photography when I retired eight years ago. I’ve been driven by a passion to capture the aquatic images of horizons and seascapes I’ve held in my head since childhood. When I retired, I wanted a hobby that I could enjoy improving upon day by day. Seascape photography provided me with this challenge and sense of achievement. This was the creative driving force behind My Joy of the Atlantic – with which I achieved my Associate with the Royal Photographic Society in October 2021.

The Inspiration Behind the Photography

Photography has given me such immense pleasure. Capturing the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean, its colours, never-ending horizons, and the wonder of nature is inspiring. To me, the seas and oceans are the last bastions of the natural world because it’s so untouched. Seascape photography is not for the faint-hearted. The weather is unpredictable and gets extremely cold, which can make shooting that bit trickier. It’s a difficult genre to capture, so you really need a passion for it.

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