Good luck with your first seashore. My best tip is to check all your required pictures before you leave the site. Everybody has a different way of doing each brand of convenience store but here's my system for pictures on that one. First I do all the inside pictures, with the required ones first and then the infractions. I recommend the required pictures first because I've learned that photographing an infraction can be distracting. I think it's best to shoot the required ones and then shoot the infractions, especially important for a beginner. Check off your inside pics before you go outside. LIJake made a recent post that included a very good suggestion -- he shoots the interior of the building from all four corners, just in case. I've started doing this and it's a great idea. I make these shots when I'm making the sweep on infractions, after I've taken the required pictures.
Second, I go outside and shoot the building and the pump. After I shoot the required pump, I move in and shoot a closeup of the middle of the pump in case I need it. Then I shoot the pump infractions on the pump I used and any other infractions present under the canopy. I also shoot two or three additional pumps, being especially careful to shoot a diesel pump if the one I used was a gas pump. Trust me, sometimes you'll find that useful.
When I move to the outside of the lot, I do a sweep that gets the overall, the main id, and the forecourt required pictures. Then I shoot the infractions present outside the canopy and the infractions around the building. Before I leave, I check the required pictures for outside the building.
Maybe this will help, maybe not. Let us know how it goes. Rest assured the first one will be a booger but they get easier with time. Not easy, just easier. The seashore is the toughest one I do but it can be mastered. Best of luck, I'm rooting for you.
Mary Davis Nowell. Based close to Fort Worth. Shopping Interstate 20 east and west, Interstate 35 north and south.