article_snippet: A cafe owner who took up photography 'as a hobby' has won a top British award for a dramatic storm image.
article_snippet: last year Carla Regler won bronze in the British Life Photography Awards for a different picture of the same scene, both taken on February 5th, the day that the harbour defences were breached.
article_snippet: The Cornwall cafe owner said of Carla Regler latest award 'This photo was taken at sunrise - the sun is trying to come through and that's what gives This photo that mood. '
article_snippet: the British Life Photography Awards recognises the country's 'obsession' with the weather.
article_snippet: On the category section, the British Life Photography Awards states: 'Blessed with four seasons, British weather moulds our landscape, coast, the environment and communities.'
article_snippet: And the photos the judges are after are 'Images from parched landscapes to flooded meadows, windswept moors to spring sunlight.'
article_snippet: I tend to stick to landscape and seascape pictures, and I also like taking photos of horses' Carla said. '
article_snippet: Obviously the scenery along this coast is beautiful and dramatic so you can get some great pictures, in all types of lights and colours depending on the weather. '