August 31, 2008 – 10:24 pm
You’ll wear yourself out if you try to get your photographs of the sunrise to look exactly like the sunrise you’re viewing with your naked eye. For example, last week, I was taking sunrise photographs of the sun rising over the Atlantic Ocean at the beach on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. There were these beautiful dramatic clouds. And the sun peek over the horizon through the clouds. The sun was cherry-red colored.
August 30, 2008 – 8:17 am
Think of your photographs of mountains. Do you have trees, branches, flowers, a totem pole, a flying bird, a couple arm-in-arm surveying the scene . . . something in the foreground . . . to create depth and make the photograph interesting?
August 28, 2008 – 9:24 pm
I learned the technique of including something in the foreground to create depth from a young photographer I met while on travel. I think it occurred during one of my visits to the Northwest. I’d spent the day taking photographs of Mount Rainier, one of which was used for the month of February in the Edgar Cayce Calendar for 2008.
August 27, 2008 – 8:55 pm
Here are a couple more suggestions for creating depth with something in the foreground. If you’ve seen my Edgar Cayce Calendar, you’ll notice that there are three sunrise photographs included . . . for the months of January, March and November in the 2009 calendar.
August 26, 2008 – 9:23 pm
Yes, if you’re there at the right time in the right place, you can encounter a wonderful sunrise to photograph. You can also enhance the photograph by including something in the foreground
August 25, 2008 – 9:28 pm
I don’t have to say to be careful when taking photographs of the sun, do I? After some deliberation, I believe it needs to be said: DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN.
August 24, 2008 – 9:41 am
However, you may find it very frustrating when you take a sunrise photograph and discover that the photograph you see displayed on the viewing screen on the back of the camera does not look anything like the image of the sunrise you see with your eye. It may be too dark or too light.
August 23, 2008 – 7:13 am
Here’s another very important suggestion for getting fantastic sunrises with your camera:
Be sure your equipment is ready to use.
For example:
Make sure your battery (ies) are charged
Have space for many exposures on your media card
Make sure your empty media card is loaded in your camera
If you’re using film, have the film loaded [...]
August 22, 2008 – 11:25 pm
My sunrise photos are often published or sold, matted and framed. Here are my suggestions for wonderful sunrise pictures. To begin:
Be there. This requires that you either preprogram your internal alarm to wake you up or to set the alarm clock beside your bed to wake you.
Be there before the sun breaks through [...]
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