{"id":6642,"date":"2017-09-30T19:45:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T23:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/blog\/?p=6642"},"modified":"2017-09-30T19:45:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T23:45:06","slug":"sunrise-port-stanley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/blog\/sunrise-port-stanley\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunrise over Port Stanley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back when I started in photography, I would look out the window to decide whether to shoot or not. Today, smartphone apps like\u00a0The\u00a0Photographer’s\u00a0Ephemeris<\/a> and GoldenHour.ONE<\/a>\u00a0take much of the guesswork out of shooting at the beginning and end of daylight. These apps combine mapping functionality with sun and moon charts (and even weather forecasts in the case of GoldenHour.ONE) to allow the photographer to preplan shots.<\/p>\n

Ever since we bought a lakeside property just west of Port Stanley, I had the idea of photographing the sun rising over the breakwaters protecting Port Stanley Harbour. Using\u00a0The\u00a0Photographer’s\u00a0Ephemeris<\/a>, I was able to find a set of dates where the sun would break above the horizon near the end of the breakwaters when I was standing on our property some kilometers to the west. Specifically, the seven days between September 20, 2017 and September 27, 2017 fit my requirements. I then used the\u00a0GoldenHour.ONE<\/a> app to watch for a day where the weather at sunrise would be likely to produce an interesting sky (typically this means having a degree of cloud coverage). Over the seven days, it looked like Monday September 25 would have the best cloud coverage for a good photograph.<\/p>\n

Up at 6:00 am on the 25th, I made my way to our property and began to set up my camera. \u00a0My plan was to shoot in a way that gave me the most flexibility in post-processing. In these situations, I have a standard setup I use:<\/p>\n