Nicky March
Prioritize
This image will always be a painful reminder of a very disappointing lost photo opportunity. After a few days of inclement weather, the sun broke free, giving us a beautiful sunny day, with nice puffy clouds, which..as far as I've noticed...are the perfect ingredients for an amazing sunset. Having to be at my nieces colorguard competition at 6:15, the current sunset time, I figured I could leave early and take a few shots in the town I was traveling to for the comp, which was a shoreline town, and even planned which beach I would hit.
Did I leave early...of course not. I barely left on time. Getting to the town, sure enough, a dazzling sunset...save nothing; deep pink and orange with other beautiful colors, big puffy clouds, thin streaky clouds, and a huge glittering orange sun that looked like a gigantic gemstone...so unbelievably beautiful, it was hard to keep my eyes on the road. I tried to slow down for a few shots, but upset people behind me..so i kept going. There were a few times I actually considered just finding a place, getting out and shooting....but I couldn't disappoint my niece, being one of those kids who's had a little too much disappointment in their lives. And I suddenly realized I was about to choose a picture of a sunset over my own family. So I composed myself and continued on, trying to not look at the sky.
A little voice in my head said..maybe you will be able to see the sunset from the school parking lot. We pulled in...nope. Not one color where we were parked. Once we were in, we had to travel to the other end of the high school. Right before we entered the gym, I noticed colors through the big glass doors. Told the kids follow me, ran out with them saying "Mom, what are you doing...the gym is that way!"...quickly took this shot, where we could see only the outskirts of the sunset through the trees...and got to the show just in time.
So, am I disappointed I missed the main part of the sunset...definitely. But I think it would've been even more disappointing if I let my niece down. Gotta have priorities, I guess ;-)
Please view large. Have a great Sunday, my friends!
Prioritize
This image will always be a painful reminder of a very disappointing lost photo opportunity. After a few days of inclement weather, the sun broke free, giving us a beautiful sunny day, with nice puffy clouds, which..as far as I've noticed...are the perfect ingredients for an amazing sunset. Having to be at my nieces colorguard competition at 6:15, the current sunset time, I figured I could leave early and take a few shots in the town I was traveling to for the comp, which was a shoreline town, and even planned which beach I would hit.
Did I leave early...of course not. I barely left on time. Getting to the town, sure enough, a dazzling sunset...save nothing; deep pink and orange with other beautiful colors, big puffy clouds, thin streaky clouds, and a huge glittering orange sun that looked like a gigantic gemstone...so unbelievably beautiful, it was hard to keep my eyes on the road. I tried to slow down for a few shots, but upset people behind me..so i kept going. There were a few times I actually considered just finding a place, getting out and shooting....but I couldn't disappoint my niece, being one of those kids who's had a little too much disappointment in their lives. And I suddenly realized I was about to choose a picture of a sunset over my own family. So I composed myself and continued on, trying to not look at the sky.
A little voice in my head said..maybe you will be able to see the sunset from the school parking lot. We pulled in...nope. Not one color where we were parked. Once we were in, we had to travel to the other end of the high school. Right before we entered the gym, I noticed colors through the big glass doors. Told the kids follow me, ran out with them saying "Mom, what are you doing...the gym is that way!"...quickly took this shot, where we could see only the outskirts of the sunset through the trees...and got to the show just in time.
So, am I disappointed I missed the main part of the sunset...definitely. But I think it would've been even more disappointing if I let my niece down. Gotta have priorities, I guess ;-)
Please view large. Have a great Sunday, my friends!