Light

Photography is all about light. The best photographs, some people say, are taken in the early morning or late afternoon during the time the sun is closest to the horizon and thusly filtered naturally across the scene, the “blue hour” as it were. The light is especially beautiful in the morning, again some people say, but it’s possibly just ascribed this status because the emerging light is often accompanied by a quiet that allows one to enjoy the colors, shapes, and shadows.

While I am always awake as the sun rises, I am rarely out taking photos of descansos; here in Punta Mita I was able to do exactly that at which point I learned that it’s not as easy as it looks.

In the shot above, I like that I was able to get the sun emerging on the top of the cross, especially since I could juxtapose it against the church in the background against the light clouds in the sky. But in the shot below I was flummoxed by my inability to put the descanso in context in combination with the morning light, partially because the sun comes up very quickly and partially because Hector and Gloria lost their lives at a busy intersection in Punta Mita and even at six in the morning I couldn’t hang my butt out in the middle of the road for the shot I wanted.

I still have a lot to learn, I suppose.