I always bring a camera to the beach. It's always an extra worry to keep the grit out and the bag from touching down. The kids like the waves and the sand digging. I like playing with my camera. In August I took the kids to the pier for a formal beach shoot. Have you seen any of those picture? um... no. I'm intimidated by the formality. Which is wierd because I like structure. I'm not saying that I didn't get any keepers. Totally did. I'm just more comfortable with these kind of images. I forced myself to shoot in manual all day in full sun. Most of the pictures are of the shore-dwellers since that's where I was with the camera. My wave dwellers have a harder time being featured because I don't have a long zoom and there were a bajillion people crowding my view.