The Frustrations of a Photographer...

Sunrises and Sunsets is the best time of the day to take photo’s. But for a good one the atmospheric conditions need to be just right. There needs to be the right type of clouds in the right spot but also no clouds in the wrong spot. This doesn’t happen very often, well not on the weekends and way, usually when I’m driving to work it all looks good but I don’t have my camera or the time to capture it.

Last weekend I was out of bed before and after the sun. Out talking photos, unlucky for me it was just boring overcast weather. But I did find some nice spots that I will return to when the weather is more to my favour.  This morning before work I decided to head down to the coast and try my luck. I was low on time and it didn’t look like it was going to fire. There was some dense cloud on the horizon which usually blocks the sun. It was getting late, the clock told me that the sun had risen so I decided to head to work. Just as I started driving, I checked my re-view mirror and like a script the sky lit up, The dense cloud on the horizon must of had a little break and the whole thing was now glowing red. It didn't last very long so by the time I found a place to do a U-Turn it was already over. So I continued on my way to work, but just to rub salt into the wound, closer to work there was some low fog, and now that the sun was out of the clouds it painted it a beautiful orange. Everything just looked amazing.

I’m getting a little sick of very thing looking good, when I cannot capture it, but when I can capture it, nothing looks good.

Thanks for reading.

Ben