A sunny, snowy day at the Group Tour Magazine headquarters

Sunrise photos charm

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February 13, 2012

A picture on Twitter made my morning. @farlanewastaken posted a lovely photo of the Copper Harbor lighthouse in Northern Michigan. Like many sunrise photos, this one is quite striking. It captured this tiny moment in time at a single place.

The twitter link came from the Michigan in Pictures Blog and was taken by Aaron C. Jors. His Flickr stream is full of amazing photos and worth a look if you want to see how lovely nature is.

And then I stumbled on another amazing photo when I checked out one my go-to blogs: USA Today’s Pop Candy. Every morning, Whitney Matheson posts a photo of the day, and today’s was a photo of a Las Vegas sunrise.

We had a terrible winter weekend, but we were blessed with an amazing sunset on Saturday. Just beyond the snow-covered tree line, the sky was streaked pink — a dramatic scene. It was a little reminder that things were going to be okay.

It was a joy to go through my photos this morning to find some sunset images. Of course they’re not as wonderful as the photo that Aaron Jors captured. But it was still fun to see these reminders of times the sun captured my attention and stirred me to snap of photo.

I'm not the best photographer, so I always have a lot to learn. I found this wonderful article that has 12 tips for photographing stunning sunsets. I suggest that you take a look. Once you've learned the tips, all you need to is wait for the next sunset.

It's sunny today, so tonight may be my chance.