The toughest time of the day for me is during the school year when I’m the one taking kids to school in the morning. There’s nothing more frustrating than sitting in morning traffic as the sun creeps over the tree line to my left throwing shadows across the road in front of me. I watch, [...]
Never stare into the sun! Unless you’ve a camera in your hand, it’s early in the morning, the rowing crews are beginning the day-long series of races and you only have an hour to work before the next shoot. Again, it’s time to break the rules. Go ahead. Stare into the sun. Only this time [...]
The wakeup call was well before sunrise. The arrival time was not long after wakeup.
The assignment was a series of photos of a fitness athlete doing warmups at sunrise, then follow her for the day for training and meals.
For anyone show shoots at sunrise you know the planning is precise. The sun is in the right position for a very short period of time before it loses its warmth or the angle is too high.
To capitalize on the early arrival we began the shoot before sunrise. In our case sunrise was a little later than normal because the sun had to break across a line of trees across the lake where we were shooting.
You’ve got to get up early in the morning to make good photography work.
Some photographers take a mid-day siesta to recover from the hours before sunrise wake-up call or alarm clock that allows them to be in position when the sun breaks the horizon.
While most people are enjoying a leisurely lunch with friends or a second helping of barbequed pork, most really good photographers are catching a few Zs on the couch or leaning back in their office recliner.
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