Skywatch Friday: A Knoxville, TN sunrise shoot lesson

On Tuesday, the morning sun greeted me for my weekly trek to the curb. Instead of using my iPhone, I dashed back inside for my big girl camera (Nikon D7000). I was anxious to exercise some old photographing tips made new to me after asking DH to clarify shutter speed and aperture settings.

The sky was a little brighter than pictured, but as you know sometimes it’s very easy to wash out the sky. I like a slightly dramatic sense when I photograph sun rises and sets, don’t you?

Depending on where I was in my yard, my skywatch view is a little different.

With my ISO set for 100, I shot all of these images at 1/500th. My f-stop and focal length varied for each photo and within minutes the sunrise changed a little with each snap of the shutter. I feel with these few practice shots I’ve improved as a photographer with a new awareness of how to work my camera. This is really a quite basic principle, but one that fell by the wayside of many years of point n’ shoot photography. Not say that type of photography is inferior, it served me well for what I needed.

I may never grow into a great photographer, but as long as I am learning, advancing, and having fun then that’s all that matters. Now, I am ready to spread my wings and fly!

Wanna join me?  I am linking up with other photographers from around the world for their heavenly perspective on Skywatch Friday.

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