Sunsets are one of my favorite things. Like ever. I could watch them every single day, and each day it would seem completely new and equally as amazing as the day before. When I see a beautiful sunset, something stirs within my soul that I just can't explain. The fact that I was photographing said sunset, on top of just enjoying it made it 100 times more gorgeous to me.
I have been wanting to go for awhile now, and since yesterday was Husband's last day off of work, we decided we better go. When we left home we weren't sure we were going to see much of a sunset... it was pretty cloudy. I figured even if it was too cloudy to see anything, it would still be fun to go to the beach and see the frozen rocks and general awesomeness of the beach in the winter time. I kept checking the weather and it promised me it was partly sunny in Holland, so we went for it. So glad we did. It was beautiful! Cloudy, yes. But that sliver of the sunset that we got to see? Amazing. I'm pretty sure God let it be cloudy because we wouldn't have been able to handle the sheer beauty of it unfiltered. No joke. It was kind of intense!
It felt so good to have my camera in my hands again and be out capturing some beautiful shots. Well maybe I am biased, but I think they are beautiful :) I realized again, as I always do when I am out exploring camera-in-hand, that I truly am in my element when I'm photographing nature. I absolutely love it. I love to look at the same thing from different angles and different lenses to see how much the same image changes just with a different perspective.
It was a chilly 24 degrees and the wind was brutal. As we were walking down the pier we had tears in our eyes from the wind and within minutes we couldn't feel our cheeks. My fingers were completely numb inside my mittens, and even though I had on multiple layers...it. was. cold.
But you know what? I didn't even notice. I was having too much fun enjoying the beauty of God's creation and snapping away that I really didn't notice how cold I was til we were in the car again, with the heat full blast, and I started regaining feeling in my limbs.
My trusty counterpart, however? He doesn't get why I take 12 pictures of the same thing or how it's a completely different picture after 2 seconds. I mean, the sun went down in about 10 seconds...so yeah, a lot can change in a short amount of time. Plus the grandeur of a sunset really doesn't do much for him. He agrees that it is pretty, but it's not something he needs to see multiple times. Once pretty, always pretty. In other words... we are polar opposites :)
But he was a trooper. He carried my camera bag and made sure I didn't go too far out onto the ice covered pier and stayed safe. I have an adventurous spirit and he does not... so if you think that I got scolded a lot and told to "Get back here!" every two seconds, all while he tugged on my hat (or my leash as he considers it)... you would be correct. Love him so good for worrying about me :) And he stood there in the brutal wind while I snapped away and didn't complain once. Okay, maybe a few times when I said I was ready to go and then took another 20 minutes to actually get to the car...but that's understandable. (Once I start I just can't stop!)
Side note: Can we just talk about that second picture and how much I absolutely luuuuurve it?! Hahaha. It completely captures just how miserably cold he was and how crazy he thinks I am for all my picture taking! But don't worry, I came prepared with hot chocolate and snacks for the ride home, so once he warmed up again and got some sustenance, he confessed that he did enjoy it more than he let on.
I took a ton of pictures (surprise, surprise!) but here are my top five favorites, in no particular order. (As always, click on the picture for a bigger view!) And these are all straight out of camera...I am only beginning to play around in Aperture and haven't figured out editing yet.
Enjoy :)
There really are no words to describe the beauty.
I'm thankful we have a creative God who blesses us with these daily reminders of His artistic abilities.
I have been wanting to go for awhile now, and since yesterday was Husband's last day off of work, we decided we better go. When we left home we weren't sure we were going to see much of a sunset... it was pretty cloudy. I figured even if it was too cloudy to see anything, it would still be fun to go to the beach and see the frozen rocks and general awesomeness of the beach in the winter time. I kept checking the weather and it promised me it was partly sunny in Holland, so we went for it. So glad we did. It was beautiful! Cloudy, yes. But that sliver of the sunset that we got to see? Amazing. I'm pretty sure God let it be cloudy because we wouldn't have been able to handle the sheer beauty of it unfiltered. No joke. It was kind of intense!
It felt so good to have my camera in my hands again and be out capturing some beautiful shots. Well maybe I am biased, but I think they are beautiful :) I realized again, as I always do when I am out exploring camera-in-hand, that I truly am in my element when I'm photographing nature. I absolutely love it. I love to look at the same thing from different angles and different lenses to see how much the same image changes just with a different perspective.
It was a chilly 24 degrees and the wind was brutal. As we were walking down the pier we had tears in our eyes from the wind and within minutes we couldn't feel our cheeks. My fingers were completely numb inside my mittens, and even though I had on multiple layers...it. was. cold.
But you know what? I didn't even notice. I was having too much fun enjoying the beauty of God's creation and snapping away that I really didn't notice how cold I was til we were in the car again, with the heat full blast, and I started regaining feeling in my limbs.
My trusty counterpart, however? He doesn't get why I take 12 pictures of the same thing or how it's a completely different picture after 2 seconds. I mean, the sun went down in about 10 seconds...so yeah, a lot can change in a short amount of time. Plus the grandeur of a sunset really doesn't do much for him. He agrees that it is pretty, but it's not something he needs to see multiple times. Once pretty, always pretty. In other words... we are polar opposites :)
But he was a trooper. He carried my camera bag and made sure I didn't go too far out onto the ice covered pier and stayed safe. I have an adventurous spirit and he does not... so if you think that I got scolded a lot and told to "Get back here!" every two seconds, all while he tugged on my hat (or my leash as he considers it)... you would be correct. Love him so good for worrying about me :) And he stood there in the brutal wind while I snapped away and didn't complain once. Okay, maybe a few times when I said I was ready to go and then took another 20 minutes to actually get to the car...but that's understandable. (Once I start I just can't stop!)
Side note: Can we just talk about that second picture and how much I absolutely luuuuurve it?! Hahaha. It completely captures just how miserably cold he was and how crazy he thinks I am for all my picture taking! But don't worry, I came prepared with hot chocolate and snacks for the ride home, so once he warmed up again and got some sustenance, he confessed that he did enjoy it more than he let on.
I took a ton of pictures (surprise, surprise!) but here are my top five favorites, in no particular order. (As always, click on the picture for a bigger view!) And these are all straight out of camera...I am only beginning to play around in Aperture and haven't figured out editing yet.
Enjoy :)
There really are no words to describe the beauty.
I'm thankful we have a creative God who blesses us with these daily reminders of His artistic abilities.
Absolutely beautiful!!!! Thank you for sharing :) I'm with you~~one can never see enough sunsets (especially over water) and you have to take lots of pictures cause it does change fast!! :) Great job~~thanks Josh for "indulging" her passion for pictures!!
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