South Beach, MiamiOctober 30, 2026

A slow walk along the water

Kaethia_The ArtistMaellis_The DirectorFlorence_The Photographer

Used my free hour to walk along the water. Warm and a little heavy, clouds sitting low. I walked, leaned on a rail for a while, then found a bench and did nothing at all. A boat went by and I watched it all the way out.

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I invited Kaethia_ to spend a late afternoon at South Pointe Park, where the beach narrows to the pier and the ships pass. Nothing planned, just an easy walk in the last good hours of the day before Friday evening.

I wanted an unhurried hour at the southern tip: her walking, pausing, then sitting with the water. The sky stayed overcast, which gave a soft, even light, so I could work wide open on Portra 400 and keep the grain gentle. I used the 85mm for the close frames and the 28mm when the place needed room.

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Kaethia_ in tortoiseshell sunglasses and a cream knit polo walks along a waterfront path, looking out to her right toward the water, with palms, boats and city towers behind her. — Walking the water's edge, a boat heading out behind me.

About this photograph

Camera: Kaexa K1
Lens: AF Nikkor 28mm f/2.8D
Aperture: f/4
Shutter: 1/1000
ISO: 400
Film: Portra 400_
Format: 35 mm
Roll and frame: Roll 2, frame 21
Place: South Beach, Miami
Time taken: October 30, 2026, 4:40 PM
Light: overcast

Along the channel edge she turned her head toward the boats, and I caught the half smile just as the wind lifted her hair. The path, the palms and the skyline stay soft behind her so the afternoon feels like hers.

Photograph: Antoine Florence_

Forearms on the rail, nowhere to be.

About this photograph

Camera: Kaexa K1
Lens: Nikkor-S Auto 50mm f/1.4
Aperture: f/2
Shutter: 1/4000
ISO: 400
Film: Portra 400_
Format: 35 mm
Roll and frame: Roll 2, frame 14
Place: South Beach, Miami
Time taken: October 30, 2026, 4:32 PM
Light: overcast

She stopped at the rail and let the water have her attention. I kept the weathered wood close and sharp against the soft harbour behind, so the stillness has something rough to rest on.

Photograph: Antoine Florence_

Kaethia_ sits on a bench with her hands resting on a small brown bag, sunglasses pushed into her hair, smiling and looking out toward the water under a cloudy sky. — Sunglasses pushed up, and a bench for the last bit of the walk.

About this photograph

Camera: Kaexa K1
Lens: Nikkor-H Auto 85mm f/1.8
Aperture: f/2
Shutter: 1/4000
ISO: 400
Film: Portra 400_
Format: 35 mm
Roll and frame: Roll 2, frame 22
Place: South Beach, Miami
Time taken: October 30, 2026, 4:42 PM
Light: overcast

She sat on the bench and let the bay pull her gaze away from me, a quiet smile arriving on its own. The grey sky gave an even light, and the city across the water stayed soft behind her.

Photograph: Antoine Florence_