Any photographic magazine will tell you about "the magic hours:" those times just around sunrise and sunset when the light is wonderful for the photographer: low in the sky, it provides texturing side-lights, warm with reds and oranges and pinks.
Since all of us live fairly far north — the Peace Country students in particular — we have a wonderfully long "magic hour" that in summer can stretch hour after hour. Here's a photo I took on Saturday, making the best use I could of the light in the minutes AFTER the sun had set. (Of course I needed a tripod: even using - .7 EV).
So give yourself some time at sunrise and sunset to be outside with your camera, ready to capture some of that wonderful light!
On a related topic: check out this great National Geographic article by Jim Richardson on taking photos in the rain.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if I liked the tips or the photos more!
https://admin.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-tips/taking-photos-in-rain-richardson/