How early are you prepared to get up for the best light? I only ask this as I think im a little lazy and need some motivation. I’m sure there are a few hardcore peeps on the forum due to seeing so many great pictures on here with the perfect light in their images.
Getting up early for the perfect light? How early?
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) you can look up the times for sunrise/sunset in your area. that tells you what time to get up.
Sunset is far easier than sunrise because you should already be up!
Obviously there are times when sunrise is necessary simply due to the direction the sun is facing but you need to be aware that the sun rises and sets in different places as well as at different times through the year. As a result there are certain subjects that are best photographed at a certain time over a small range of days.
There's a very good explaination of this in Colin Prior's "Scotland: The Wild Places" and you get some cracking photos with it.
Obviously there are times when sunrise is necessary simply due to the direction the sun is facing but you need to be aware that the sun rises and sets in different places as well as at different times through the year. As a result there are certain subjects that are best photographed at a certain time over a small range of days.
There's a very good explaination of this in Colin Prior's "Scotland: The Wild Places" and you get some cracking photos with it.
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i might get flamed but I never understood this - sure you get some wonderful colours and soft light first thing and at dusk, but provided you polarize and exposure properly, i don't have a preferred time to shoot. 
Have taken plenty of shots I liked colour/light wise at all sorts of times of day, and quite ofter i don't want orange glow to my images, which TBH looks naff sometimes, like the overuse of Cokin warm-ups/purple/orange grads
Have taken plenty of shots I liked colour/light wise at all sorts of times of day, and quite ofter i don't want orange glow to my images, which TBH looks naff sometimes, like the overuse of Cokin warm-ups/purple/orange grads
Psilonaught said:i might get flamed but I never understood this - sure you get some wonderful colours and soft light first thing and at dusk, but provided you polarize and exposure properly, i don't have a preferred time to shoot.
Have taken plenty of shots I liked colour/light wise at all sorts of times of day, and quite ofter i don't want orange glow to my images, which TBH looks naff sometimes, like the overuse of Cokin warm-ups/purple/orange grads
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hour_(photography)
Sunsets are easier to time 
but for sunrises I always seem to arrive way to early. But still, I'd suggest getting to know a place really well and having a mini photo project to capture it at all times of the day and year thereby documenting the changing light and its effect.
but for sunrises I always seem to arrive way to early. But still, I'd suggest getting to know a place really well and having a mini photo project to capture it at all times of the day and year thereby documenting the changing light and its effect.