The sugar white sand beaches of the Emerald Coast provide the perfect background for your family portrait. Here are some tips to help you capture that perfect picture. Find a focal point. Use the natural landscape, like waves and shells, or an artificial structure, like a lifeguard chair, pier, pail and shovel, or sandcastle to provide some perspective in your shot.  Be sure to check out some of the works created by the area’s very talented sandcastle designers. Timing is everything. Sunrise and sunset provide the most flattering light