I haven’t been up and out so early in a long time. I usually save these early rises for holiday snaps. But this morning I was going to help Little Miss Joey and the team with their breakfast after their sleepover, so had a good reason to rise early, and take advantage of the sunrise in the process.
It was just 1o as I waited for the ice to slowly flake off the windscreen with each swipe of the wipers. It was a beautiful clear sky for a sunrise, and the car had only just started blowing warm air through the heater before I reached my destination and had to get out again.
I walked to the Scout Hall, and there was surprisingly no noise, so I quickly went back and got my camera from the car, and walked onto the beach, just in time to see the sun begin to rise over the mountains.
Oh, and remember, if you want to walk in front of me taking pictures, you just know you are going to become the photo subject of the day… “A man and his dog beach Sunrise”
Photo Tips: Again, shooting directly into the sun, the camera sensor will make the image very dark as it compensates for the brightness of the sun. A quick way of getting around this is to adjust the EV, (exposure Value), level. This is a hit and miss adjustment, which requires you to set the EV level, take a picture, and then check in the cameras screen, and quickly adjust the EV number up or down a bit, take another picture, and check on the cameras screen again. As you change your picture composition, i.e. wider or zoom, left or right, the sun will be a different brightness level on your camera sensor, so you will need to adjust the EV level all over again. This gets easier and better with practice, so, the more you get out and take pictures the better you’ll get…
