Loosing my composure with exposure

rocky beach, originally uploaded by Bexley98.

What a great couple of weeks!

Firstly, a very stressful board presentation went really well down in Warwick, then it was off to Glasgow and from there flying out to Fuerteventura for my first real break since Christmas.

We stayed here, the resort was great, the weather was wonderful and the photography opportunities amazing.

Deciding to do something different, I got up at 6am and wandered down to the beach at Jandia to watch the sunrise. It was an incredible experience; I had the whole beach pretty much to myself. But shooting the rising sun is incredibly difficult to get right, I’ve shot plenty of sunsets and in that situation you can use ISO to manage the loss of light, however when the sun RISES, you have to very quickly compensate for increasing light. I really struggled with this, ending up with loads of over-exposed pictures. I welcome any hints or tips on how to better manage exposure in these kinds of situations.

Anyway, it was a wonderful week, aside from the profound experience of watching the sunrise over a deserted beach, the heat, the chipmunks and just spending some quality time with my wife was great. You can see a selection of shots from the week on Picasa.

The next few weeks look set to be quiet, but it’s finally getting warm enough in Scotland to go fishing, so hopefully some more photographic opportunities then.