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Dawn photography is hard enough; setting the alarm, going to sleep early, waking up in the middle of the night, get in the car and travel up to 2 hours to your destination for the blue hour or sunrise. But I set my alarm at least an hour earlier than that! I set up my camera in the middle of nowhere, in the dark, hoping beyond hope to capture something beautiful even though I can’t see what’s six feet in front of the lens.
That is what twilight photography is all about, shooting the landscape before the sun can make a direct impression on the scene. That is because the sun often sitting between 6º and 12º below the horizon and the only sign that it is there at all is a faint, and hopefully colourful, glow. In real terms that could be up to an hour and a half before sunrise.
This real life practical guide will get you out on location fully equiped and able to create beautiful images when most photographers are fast asleep!
Dawn photography is hard enough; setting the alarm, going to sleep early, waking up in the middle of the night, get in the car and travel up to 2 hours to your destination for the blue hour or sunrise. But I set my alarm at least an hour earlier than that! I set up my camera in the middle of nowhere, in the dark, hoping beyond hope to capture something beautiful even though I can’t see what’s six feet in front of the lens.
That is what twilight photography is all about, shooting the landscape before the sun can make a direct impression on the scene. That is because the sun often sitting between 6º and 12º below the horizon and the only sign that it is there at all is a faint, and hopefully colourful, glow. In real terms that could be up to an hour and a half before sunrise.
This real life practical guide will get you out on location fully equiped and able to create beautiful images when most photographers are fast asleep!