I had an assignment last fall in Washington, DC. I scheduled it for a weekend so that Dorothy could make the trip. We met up with my good friend Vito Maggiolo, the PIO for the DCFD and had dinner together.…
Tag: sunset photo
While driving home recently, I looked in the mirror and saw a gorgeous orange sunset. The sun was low in the sky and without clouds was a full sphere. I don’t envy those driving towards it as I have no…
During one of our evening walks to explore San Antonio, we came across the Bexar County Courthouse. The historic building caught our eye because of it’s beautiful design, but also the dramatic presence that it commands being made from red sandstone. I returned…
Here’s an image at dusk in downtown San Antonio showing the Cathedral of San Fernando at sunset. Granted, it’s an image looking down the street at least a block away from the church, but the architecture is recognizable with the twin…
We had some long overdue rain today and with it some very heavy showers. One of the storms was in the early evening, and shortly after it passed through we had another incredibly beautiful and dramatic golden sunset. The sky had…
Dorothy called me tonight on her way home from work and said that I must step outside to see the perfect orange sunset that was on the horizon. At first I thought it was too cloudy to see the sun from…
While driving back from Ohio, I stopped to grab some quick shots of this dramatic summer sunset along the highway in Gary, Indiana. The clouds were phenomenal as were the colors which lingered for well over a half hour. The first…
These images are from my recent flight out of Reagan National Airport at sunset. These provide a good example of the limitations of shooting with a camera phone instead of traditional camera. In the first image, the center weighted meter…
The sunsets now seem to be beautiful and dramatic every night. Tonight while driving home, I had no place to stop to capture the brilliant sunset. There was no low horizon accessible … until I came to a stop at…
Several individuals helped me find a location to capture a desert sunset behind the mountains near Phoenix. Previous recent attempts resulted in failed attempts to combine the setting sun with the mountains due to the lack of open space in…