Sunrise - Sunset

So- you are a photographer or an aspiring photographer and you want to plan your day around some pictures of the magic hour - right as the sun is setting or as it is rising. Guess what, the internet is full of tools to help you out.

I figured I would get out at least once this vacation to take some sunrise photos and the only way to do that is to know when that is going to happen.

This tool is great. If you go to this website and click the link for custom sunrise and sunset calendar you can get a month's worth of information for your town or one near you. It also allows you to choose 3 different twilight settings based upon , civil, nautical, and astronomical which is great when taking photos.

I decided to take a look at Kittery Point Maine where I took my Fort Foster Photos last December and this is what I got:

Finally better

It's been a long week but I am finally feeling better. I guess sometimes it really does take time - of course some of it was due to bad food but today was the first day in a week that by the end of the day I actually felt okay.

I actually had to tear myself away from the Mac tonight but I got through my Fort Foster Park Photos and put them in a gallery. Interestingly enough I did very little to the photos. Usually I spend some time cropping and fixing the little things - maybe some sharpening here or there but I did that with only a few. I spent most of my time choosing the best pictures out of the many I shot. Part of it is due to my new Nikon D300 which I used on its vivid setting with the saturation pumped up. It makes the colors pop more. The other part was just being in the right place at the right time.

This is where you will find the photo I used for my New Years card.

One of my favorite photos here was this one of a tie up next to the doc. I shot this one straight down into the Pylon (support beam) with a flash

Swimming in December?

1st day of January and I seem to still be a little sick - not able to venture out today. Not really the best way to spend my last day off (or 1st of this year depending on how you look at it) but managed to get down to my computer for about 10 minutes to keep working on my photos from last week's day trip to Maine.

Now - For those of you who get the chance, I highly recommend that after you finish spending money at the outlets in Kittery Maine that you wander over to Kittery Point and enjoy Fort Foster Park on Gerrish Island. It is a great place to take a walk - shoot some photos and just enjoy time with the family. I will be posting some photos from there later this week.

Imagine my surprise when I walked into the park and saw this sign? It was nice to know that the beach was open but I didn't really think I was going swimming or about to play any water contact activities.....although maybe this is where the polar bear club goes.