SUNSETS...SUNRISES
Most photographers when they first start are enamored with sunsets and sunrises. And should they be because of the intrinsic beauty of nature when painted with her atmospheric paint brush at the beginning or end of a day.
Some pretty spectacular stuff can be found in galleries and on the net, and that is the problem for most aspiring photo bugs who actually want to sell their stuff. Everybody shoots sunsets and fewer shoot sunrises.
The golden hours for photography begin with the sunrise as in the bottom photo of the sun coming over the horizon on Assateague Island Beach in Virginia. That light lasts for about one to two hours depending on the time of year and the weather for that particular day. Planning is always essential to any shoot and weather is primary issue number one. It defines your light. I could not believe the number of people who where just sitting on the beach that morning waiting only for old sol to show up over the horizon. Course it does not hurt to have a cup of coffee or three at hand when doing this.
The second set of golden hours occurs in the last two hours of the day and can culminate with something as explosive as the top photograph. This one was taken on Chesapeake Farms in Kent County, Maryland and is just awesome.
It seems to me that the best sunsets we find are during October and November for some reason. Maybe, in the Northeast at least, it's because of the changing seasons with colder air aloft and warmer still hiding in the ocean, bays, and lakes. If you have favorite spots where you can look west, head there at that time of year for the sunsets. And if you can, unlike me, wake up early enough to get the sunrise ..... remember to look East. It's a quirk of nature thing.
In both photos, however, there is no subject other than the sun/sky. Nothing of interest to get one's imagination going. Perhaps a couple hand in hand in the sunrise one or an older man with his dog next to him in the sunset. Both scenarios would have improved the content value of each image.
But that not withstanding, they aren't bad representations of what nature can do when she gets crazy.
Most photographers when they first start are enamored with sunsets and sunrises. And should they be because of the intrinsic beauty of nature when painted with her atmospheric paint brush at the beginning or end of a day.
Some pretty spectacular stuff can be found in galleries and on the net, and that is the problem for most aspiring photo bugs who actually want to sell their stuff. Everybody shoots sunsets and fewer shoot sunrises.
The golden hours for photography begin with the sunrise as in the bottom photo of the sun coming over the horizon on Assateague Island Beach in Virginia. That light lasts for about one to two hours depending on the time of year and the weather for that particular day. Planning is always essential to any shoot and weather is primary issue number one. It defines your light. I could not believe the number of people who where just sitting on the beach that morning waiting only for old sol to show up over the horizon. Course it does not hurt to have a cup of coffee or three at hand when doing this.
The second set of golden hours occurs in the last two hours of the day and can culminate with something as explosive as the top photograph. This one was taken on Chesapeake Farms in Kent County, Maryland and is just awesome.
It seems to me that the best sunsets we find are during October and November for some reason. Maybe, in the Northeast at least, it's because of the changing seasons with colder air aloft and warmer still hiding in the ocean, bays, and lakes. If you have favorite spots where you can look west, head there at that time of year for the sunsets. And if you can, unlike me, wake up early enough to get the sunrise ..... remember to look East. It's a quirk of nature thing.
In both photos, however, there is no subject other than the sun/sky. Nothing of interest to get one's imagination going. Perhaps a couple hand in hand in the sunrise one or an older man with his dog next to him in the sunset. Both scenarios would have improved the content value of each image.
But that not withstanding, they aren't bad representations of what nature can do when she gets crazy.
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