Comments on: How to Photograph a Sunrise

By: terry swinton

terry swinton — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:33:25 +0000

I,m getting the reflection of the sun in my early morning sunrise shots ,how do i stop this?

By: DiGgA

DiGgA — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:44:20 +0000

I thought the white balance didn’t matter in RAW? :S

By: Thom Graff

Thom Graff — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:02:31 +0000

Well, here I was, minding my own business and reading the digital-photography-school website, but your article on photographing sunrises has motivated me to drive 45-60 minutes to Crown Point (near Troutdale, Oregon on the Columbia river.) I’ve packed my camera and accessories, (along with some snacks and my mp3 player of course) and I am up far too early. According to Yahoo the sun’s coming up at 7:09, so I am headed out the door. Thanks for the loss of sleep, but also for the photos which are sure to result from this venture. I appreciate the article. :)

Sincerely, Thom Graff

By: Monte Stevens

Monte Stevens — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:16:44 +0000

I loved how you presented this neat little lesson in story form. I can relate to all of it. Well done!

By: Leight

Leight — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:38:36 +0000

TE MATA PEAK? I’m pretty sure thats a photo of Te Mata Peak in Havelock North, Hawkes Bay?

Who’s photo is this?

By: Ashleigh

Ashleigh — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:21:01 +0000

Excellent post.

I want to go shoot one RIGHT now.

Thanks.

By: Carl

Carl — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 07:19:58 +0000

Another note about RAW. Your white balance setting doesn’t really matter in RAW, you can select the temperature (white balance) in your conversion software (I use Lightroom) later. RAW format saves the original camera data before the white balance is factored in.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:28:53 +0000

Nice article.. But different sunrises have distinguished shooting solutions…

By: Alejandro Z.

Alejandro Z. — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:30:30 +0000

+1 to mike vd. RAW is pointless if your intention is to print larger. It has benefits, but not that one, as printing doesn’t depend on file size. In any case, 99% of folks celebrating 50th anniversaries can’t tell a 100 PPI image from a 300 PPI one, so any modern camera can make a wall-size image without much compromise.

Also, why ISO 100? Most DSLRs show no visible noise until ISO 800. Anything up to ISO 400 should be ok.

By: Claress

Claress — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:30:24 +0000

Oh my god! That’s EXACTLY what I did this morning!!!! To the letter!

I had a shot in mind and went to the location before the sun came up. The light was great and I got the sunrise shot I was after, but then I also got a shot of the light from the sun itself on the landscape and I’m really happy with it!! Only trouble was that there was a strong wind and no matter what I did, the camera bore the brunt of it, so the shots aren’t the sharpest they could be :(

Oh well, there’s always next time!