As the days were too hot to do much at the beach, we took to exploring in the evenings … which should mean beautiful light over the ocean … unless you’re on an East Coast beach, where everything just goes blue as the light goes down …

(Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 24-70 mm f/2.8 L, ISO 640, 1/125, f/3.2)

(Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 24-70 mm f/2.8 L, ISO 1600, 1/50, f/4.0)

Not sure how you manage to run a boardwalk ice cream shop during the summer and end up this unhappy …

(Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 24-70 mm f/2.8 L, ISO 1600, 1/320, f/2.8)

Meanwhile, the girl at the counter gave a little bit of attitude to everyone who came up. Don’t say please? She won’t take your order. Don’t say thank you? No ice cream for you.

From an evening walk in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina …

(Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EF 24-70 mm f/2.8 L, ISO 1600, 1/60, f/2.8)