Written by Joe McBroom

For the photographers able to roll out of bed and make it to the 5am meeting spot at Ocean and SE16th Street, a wonderful morning was had! We started off the morning with casual conversation at the meeting spot, discussing our gear and the camera settings that would be needed for the morning shoot. Everyone was very well prepared.

After we sank a couple dollars in coins in the parking meters, we all walked onto the beach at about 5:15. We proceeded to walk approximately a mile south to the lighthouse (not one person complained about the walk to the lighthouse).

We made it to the lighthouse and I went over several different compositions with the group. Everyone found the angle that they wanted to shoot and started setting up for sunrise. Because of the cloud cover, we had to wait about 25 minutes or so before there was enough available light to get a 30 second exposure. I again went over settings with everyone, and talked about the value of exposure compensation. I know at least one fellow photographer was extremely excited about his new found settings, and shooting technique.

At about 7am we decided to wrap up the shoot when out of nowhere a huge beautiful rainbow crossed the sky. That gave us reason to let the parking meters expire so we could keep shooting. We shot for an extra 15-20 minutes and then started our mile trek back to our cars. This is when the complaining started….Ha! It was a long walk back. We were lucky no one received a parking ticket, because everyone’s meter was expired… Everyone that attended had a great time and hopefully some great shots!

Photo by Edward Regan

Photo by Jessica Savidge

Photo by Joe McBroom

Edward Regan & Jessica Savidge pose for Joe McBroom

Photo by Leonardo Glusman

Photo by Mike McGee

Photo by Joe McBroom

Edward Regan composing his shot

Group Shot (Click photo to view large version)

Joe McBroom, Edward Regan, Jessica Savidge, Leonardo Glusman and Mike McGee