Cattie Coyle Photography | Blog
Photography, Travel & Life on the coast
Do you ever create something without knowing exactly why? You just have to do it and get it out of your system. That’s what happened with me and “Beach Days”. It didn’t become clear to me why I created them until I did some soul searching and journaling. What really got me thinking was my
Continuing on the mellow and peaceful side of things, in these new surfing prints I wanted to capture the calmer side of the sport. Those beautiful, quiet moments when it’s just you (or you and a few friends ☺) and the humbling vastness of the ocean. SHOP THE NEW PRINTS THESE IMAGES ALL COME AS
The new series is live! I’m so excited about these new surfing photography prints. I’ve spent many dark winter hours working on them, reminiscing about past summers and looking forward to the next. And enjoying the scenery on my computer. 🙂 I think surfing is such a beautiful sport, the perfect mix of zen quiet
Water… life, movement, freedom. It has always intrigued and inspired me. The constant flow, the changing shapes and patterns, the fleeting quality of everything you see. Water has so many personalities and is never the same. That perfect wave you saw yesterday is long gone and is never coming back. That circle of reflected light
Bold, funny, curious seagulls may not always be the nicest of birds, but I still like them. They seem so smart and their “beach bag thievery” antics always crack me up. And even though they live inland as well, I’ve always associated their cries with the coast. It sounds like summer and vacation to me.
“Summer afternoon — summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” Henry James said it best. I don’t know about you, but March is my least favorite month of the year. This is when I reach my absolute limit with winter and cold and snow and
What is it about surfing that is so alluring? I have always had a fascination with surfing and the whole lifestyle around it. I think it’s partly because of my lifelong obsession with California, but partly also because it seems like such a fun way of life, and so totally in tune with nature. When
Even though St. Patrick’s Day is usually anywhere from chilly to freezing around here, it has always felt like the official start of spring to me. And since it’s only a few days before the vernal equinox, it kind of is. Green is of course THE color of both St. Patrick’s and spring, and to