For this week’s photo challenge, get up early and explore the morning light.
By For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a morning person. From early childhood I was up with the sun, and it always came naturally to me.
It wasn’t until several years ago, when I began taking photography more seriously, that I realized the benefits that waking early had on my photos.
Photographers like to talk about the “golden hour” — usually referring to the hour before sunset — but almost everyone overlooks the early morning. I love sunsets as much as the next photographer, but I began to recognize a pattern: many of my best photos were taken early.
Sunrise over Kauai. Photo by Brie Anne Demkiw.
Whether it’s an unforgettable sunrise, that warm glow that only comes from early morning light, or just the lack of other people walking through your shot, early birding can pay real dividends in your photographs.
For more inspiration, check out our previous Photo Challenge posts on Quality of Light and The Golden Hour.
This week (and especially if you’re among those who find the early bird concept cringe-worthy), I encourage you to set your alarm for the early hours, grab your first (several) cups of coffee, and challenge yourself to capture an outstanding photograph in the early morning light.
Another great theme! Excited to see the entries as usual!
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Here’s my entry http://steve-says.net/2015/04/17/fridayfoto-the-boy-the-dog-the-camera/
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Stunning early morning photos Steve!
Here is my entry for this week challenge:
PARIS EARLY MORNING
https://hadorable.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/early-bird/
Happy weekend!
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What a glorious photo! I’m a morning person as well and can attest to the beauty found at that time! Does that mean I get a worm? 🙂
janet
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Haha! Early bird does get the worm!
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The early bird catches the worm. This is a fun challenge.
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https://retirenicaragua.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/weekly-photo-challenge-the-early-bird-gets-the-mango/
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this is incredible!
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Haha… golden hour for early birds and what is gonna be for night owl 🙂 I have an intresting photo journey for this week…
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http://byswav.com/2015/04/17/on-the-way-to-howth-in-dublin-part-1/
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A stunning picture. Thanks for the inspiration. I’m more of a night owl, but I’ll see what I can do!
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Morning without bird:
https://insellos.wordpress.com/2015/04/18/weekly-photo-challenge-early-bird/
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Gorgeous colors for your early bird photo Brie!
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Here’s my contribution: http://jeremiahgilbert.com/2015/04/17/weekly-photo-challenge-early-bird/
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Nice theme and very happy you do not wait the summer solstice for this one? 😉
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Here is my post for you challenge, Brie Anne: https://solaner.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/weekly-photo-challenge/
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Most fresh and pure time of the day
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Beautiful picture.. I have never been a morning person.. I need to catch the lost golden time now!! Thanks for sharing
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I am not a morning person, but I did set my alarm once to take some sunrise photos of Oxford from the top of a hillside I lived near in the city, I shall see if I can dig them out… 🙂
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That’s a wonderful photograph. The light and colours are stunning. I have always been an early riser and I agree with you that the morning light can be amazing. It maybe doesn’t always have the drama of a sunset but its a lovely light all the same.
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Actually in the winter it is a lot easier, I took mine in February.
https://mattvonp.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/weekly-photo-challenge-early-bird/
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Thanks for another great challenge. Here is my response: https://naomibaltuck.wordpress.com/2012/06/11/jakes-sunday-post-sunrise-in-gibralter/
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Lovely lovely sunrise pic… and so cute the prompt title: Early Bird 🙂
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Oh.. I’m a really a early bird 😉
https://follygirlsphotoworld.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/wpc-early-bird/
Thank you for visiting!
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So here, the early bird gets the first page of comments. Nice! https://nadiamerrillphotography.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/weekly-photo-challenge-early-bird/
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Wow! That is one awesome pic!
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Very early light:
https://mostlymonochrome.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/early-light/
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Great idea for this weeks challenge, i like the photo.
One of my greatest sunsets was in 2011 in the Arches National Park in Utah, 6am in the morning. Maybe you like my three pictures: https://blickindieferne.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/sunset-arches-national-park-wpc/
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Oh sorry, i mean sunrise, not sunset. OK, my english is… so la la.
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I am a morning person too! Love the picture by the way!
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The seacoast of New Hampshire (yes, there is a slice) before the crack of dawn….http://stephaniemartinglennon.com/2015/04/17/early-bird/
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The Early Bird is one whose curiosity has eclipsed its fear. I have grown to become more like that bird…again. http://scillagrace.com/2015/04/17/weekly-photo-challenge-early-bird-curiosity-eclipsing-fear/
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Ah!!!! I’m posting early enough, at least these photos. I’m not a morning person BUT I do love having a good breakfast. Whether American or Paris-style, morning light is the best time of day for early meals.
https://thriftyatsixty.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/weekly-photo-challenge-early-bird/
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View from a sailing yacht in Turkey – one of my very few dawn experiences.
http://vackrare.com/2015/04/17/wpc-early-bird
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stunning colors! thanks for the theme. 🙂
https://theeclecticeccentricshopaholic.wordpress.com/2015/04/18/early-bird/
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There’s one good thing about a 5:00 a.m. arrival time at Kennedy Space Center for a rocket launch: Mother Nature’s sky art! 🙂 https://schelleycassidy.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/early-bird-weekly-photo-challenge/
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Being out and about at first light is often richly rewarded in South Africa’s wild places, as was the case with this memorable encounter with a spotted hyena near Letaba Rest Camp, in the Kruger National Park:
http://dewetswild.com/2015/04/17/early-bird/
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