Well, I know NOW that you are never ever supposed to shoot in direct sunlight in the middle of the day. Especially not on the beach where it is so glare-y. That's all well and good, but then how do you capture all of the beachy goodness in the summer?

This strikes me as overexposed and too blue, even after some correction. I like it anyway. Some day I may think this is the lousiest photograph ever, but today, I like it.

I can already see a huge difference between the photographs I took last summer and what I am shooting now. The classes, they are working. Cool.

P.S. The one child that is sort of looking at the camera is mine. He's all squinty, but at least he was looking in my general direction.