Stanley Lake Sunrise
I have been told numerous times that you can’t shoot into the sun. I remember many a time at a wedding that someone would approach me while I am photographing the bride and groom and mention that the sun is at their backs. “Your pictures won’t turn out,” they say. Annoying. Yes. But I would always just respond with, “Trust me. They are doing just fine!” Then when they see the results they are amazed.
I love landscape photographs with a monochromatic color scheme, and backlighting is one way to achieve that, as you can see from this image. I like to get up before sunrise and shoot the first hour of light. With the low sun, I can get lots of images with this wonderful light quality. It is dramatic and moody, yet still low enough contrast to maintain detail where I want it. this is something that is not possible at mid-day. Early morning and late evening. The perfect light.
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