Its The Light
Some friends think it is a bit funny that I love nature photography. Because when on vacation I spend much of my time taking photos. The exact thing I do every day at work. Shooting nature photos is a great escape for me. It really doesn't feel like work to me at all, except the part of getting up before the sun.
I remember a trip to Diamond Lake in the Oregon Cascades. My family and I had camped at a number of locations earlier in the week and we decided to give Diamond Lake a try. We pulled into the lake during the afternoon and after a brief tour I decided that I wasn't interested in making photographs of this body of water. It just didn't look like much in the midday sun. I had been getting up around four in morning for most of the week so I thought It would be nice to sleep in anyway.
Morning came and I was woke up by a yellowish glow on the front of my tent.
I stuck my head out the flaps to see what I thought was a visually boring place, transformed into a magical lake on fire with the early morning light. In a panic I rushed around searching for all of my camera gear that was packed away in my car. I ran to the water's edge for enough time for a couple frames.
Thats when I learned, Its all about the Light.
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