A Beautiful Morning

I went for a sunrise walk last Saturday morning and took this picture with my Iphone.  How incredible that I was there at the very exact moment the sun was right behind this lifeguard post.  The next day, I had my sweetheart take me over again since I wanted to take a good picture with my camera.  This is my second version of the same spot.

I had never been to this side of the beach before, and it was really nice to discover it like this, with such great view.

I will be finalizing the photo and putting it on my shop for sale, but I am still undecided if I should make it available in square format or leave it as it is.  Any comments on this will be very much appreciated :)

Soft Waters: Shutter Speed Manipulation

My sweetheart and I go to watch the sunrise quite often.  I took this picture the last time we went, and I just finished working with it.  It was an experiment.  I slowed down the shutter speed to the slowest setting I thought of, even though the camera's light meter was totally against it.  To no surprise, the picture was totally blown up.  It was all white.  I left it like that and continued working on my sunrise photography session.  You can visit my store to see the really good ones I took that morning.

The shutter's speed is one of the many settings you can manipulate to achieve a specific look.  In this case, I was looking for a soft brush effect in the water.  Since the shutter speed was at low speed, it allows the effect of time to be captured in the picture.  Think of it as the blinking of the eye.  The slower you open and close the eyelid, the more information you can capture from a scene.  The same thing happens with the camera.

I really like the look of this picture.  The cold tones and the soft water makes for a very soothing image.