A sun rise to make me feel alive.

Seeing a beautiful sunrise, and the reflection of the sun as it rises makes me feel alive. I love to capture these moments in time, save the image on my hard drive, then publish what I had seen and experienced.

The image needs to feel a certain way (uplifting, spectacular, calming, colourful, peaceful). Through my eyes, it needs a meaning, a kind of balance from the real and unreal world that we live in. It needs to tell a story, then I click the shutter button.

Seeing a beautiful sunrise, is not by chance however, a little bit of planning can help. Now the sun rises are getting earlier day by day, as we move into the summer months.

I use a few apps to help me decide on where to go. Photo Ephemeris helps me locate where the sun will rise and what time. Clear outside will give me an understanding on what the cloud cover will be, there is no point going to a location with complete cloud cover from the horizon to the highest point. The wind map from MSN will aid me, if I will be using my drone to to get images from above. The Met Office app is useful for general weather conditions. With all the information I can make a choice on where to go or not go to capture a nice sun rise.

I prefer sun rises as I am an early bird, and to date, I have witnessed many of these magical and timeless moments.

Sun rise at Aberdour, Fife, in March this year.