Have you ever had a feel that you just have to do something. Well for me, sometimes at night I have trouble sleeping since I’m running through photoshoots and other creative ideas in my head. That night I had a strong urge that I wanted to go shooting at sunrise at Miami Beach. This meant that I had to wake up at 5:30am to make sure I got parking and caught the sunrise. I barely got any sleep that night but I’m glad I was on schedule to head down to Miami Beach.
I got parking easily and I could see the first light starting to kiss the sky, times like that you just have to stop and admire the beauty. I rushed to setup at the South Pointe pier; I got my tripod out, flash and camera. I took a couple test shots to make sure that the sun wasn’t too overpowering. Great, but I had no reliable way to ensure that the flash was hitting me. Just so happens that a gentleman and his son were watching me and they approached me to help wrangle the flash. This worked out perfectly and the result shows below.
In the left corner of the frame, the sun was huge and created a beautiful light. This is a rare self portrait for me.
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This is very rare indeed. Pictures like this reminds us of how beautiful our earth is, and to appreciate God’s creation. The early rise of the sun represents our father in heaven saying, “Good Morning, my children” and the setting of the sun represents his “Good Night”. We should often take our lazy butts out of bed to experience this captivating moment. Thanks robert. I LOVE IT!!
Great photo. I really like the way how you captured the sunrise in this photo. I could easily see myself taking a vacation there.
Nice self portrait. 🙂
Thanks Aric. Bridal portraits are coming soon also! I can’t wait to post them.