My Most Recent Sunset Safari

Photograph by Kilroy_60

Shooting a Cape Cod sunset, there was a woman who said that she had been coming there for years. Her family rents a house on the beach for a week. It sounded like heaven to me.

As we were watching the sun falling in the sky, naturally we started talking about photograhing sunsets. She said that her family could not understand why she continued coming to the beach to shoot. She has hundred of sunset photographs, she told me, and had promised them that she would not take more.

It's only been recently that I've made a concerted effort to get out to capture the images. I'm not sure why this is subject matter I never pursued before. I've come to find that I really enjoy it. The rub seems to be that there is a great rush; both in terms of enjoyment and having to move quickly to get the shots. I wonder at times whether I enjoy the sunset as much photographing it as I would just watching.

In the short time I've been doing it I have no problem understanding why the woman at Cape Cod continues returning to the beach. And makes a point of taking her camera.

What's come to be a problem is that I am tiring of the spot I go to take the photographs. There are obstacles in the foreground that I have to shoot around, but that hasn't been too much of an issue. What has come to be frustrating is wanting to "use" the foreground in the photographs and having nothing to use for that purpose other than some trees. I'd love to find a spot to shoot over water.

I'm going to explore other places for my sunset safaris.

The results of a recent "siting"...

Photographs by Kilroy_60