Happy Valentines all you beach lovers! Here's wishing you a day full of sea, sand, surf and... sangria ;) If you're looking for last minute presents for your amours then why not check out some of the latest pics I've added to the website - it gets updated every month s...

Beach Addict Black Friday madness is here!

I sincerely hope you haven't got trampled in any supermarket stampedes... if you're like me you prefer to put your feet up wth a cup of coffee and grab the laptop instead. 

So for all you savvy little shoppers out there, here'...

It's been a pretty successful year so far with plenty of new customers coming through, but last week was by far my favourite sale to date.

I received a call from a lovely young lady who had been staying at the fabulous Urban Beach hotel in Boscombe with her boyfriend....

Lots of weird and wonderful things are afoot over the next two weeks as Boscombe hosts a series of spectacular events in association with the Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival. 

Boscombe has it's problems (name me one place that doesn't), but it also has a wealth of...

This weekend I decided to give myself a bit of a challenge and get out of my landscape comfort zone, and attempt some 'proper' portrait shots. This genre is *totally* new to me - generally I prefer to work with landscapes because they can't answer back, or tell me that...

A shockingly long time since I've written a blog post, for which I'm truly sorry, but man oh man what a year so far! Competitions, awards, trips to America - and that's just my day job! Back at Beach Addict HQ plans are really starting to take off – so I thought it was...

How do you decide when to choose black and white over colour?

I often get stuck at this particular issue. Some photos just jump out at you as being better in black and white – you’re instincts tell you immediately that the shadows and highlights would just ‘work’ in th...

A cheeky little sunrise surf sesh and the happy discovery of a video montage feature! 

On occasion I'll have to rely on my HTC One X to take photos with, but for reasons fathomable only to my little brain, I've only just discovered ZOE.

ZOE is HTC's video wizard w...