Yesterday, I had my first photography day in months. What I mean by photography day is that I started at 6 AM and finished at 2 PM. I ended up with 143 photographs, 17 per hour, or .3 per minute. It doesn’t sound like much but of the 143 over 60% are “keepers”. 60%! I cannot remember the last time I had a 60% keeper ratio.
Most of the photographs I got are landscapes and time was spent composing and setting exposure. There was also some traveling between three locations. Some of the locations were a couple of miles apart.
Over the course of time, I have learned that the time spent setting up the shot pays off, especially in landscape photography. Setting up the shots included the use of a tripod, and adjusting the exposure, composition, and focus. Nature also helped by providing some awesome cloud formations.
All the photographs included in the blog were from a single area at sunrise. If you’re a landscape artist, don’t be afraid to get up early and get to your location before the sunrises. While we can never rely on nature to provide the skies we hope for sometimes luck is with us.
This successful day has re-inspired me to get out more and get more done and hopefully sharing a bit of my successful day will get you inspired to create more.
Photographer Clay 
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