Today, I’m linking up with Budget Travelers Sandbox to share phenomenal vacation photo tips. Perhaps my favorite “subject” (other than my crazy kids) is the sunset. Living on the east coast, sunsets don’t happen over the ocean, though. I went to Hawaii once, excited for those photo ops. Who hasn’t seen a picture of a glorious Hawaiian sunset? Alas, it rained and rained and rained… for five straight days. So, I bought some from a professional photographer and hung them in the front hall. One day, I will replace his photos with my own! (You can see my weather photos here if you’re curious what a rain-drenched Hawaii looks like!)
Without further ado, here’s a beautiful California coast sunset.
These photos were taken with a simple iPhone 3G, nothing fancy.
Purple and orange against an indigo sea.
I like the colors, but the photo lacks definition.
I adjusted my position for a better shot.
For this shot, I knelt down behind a sand dune.
The grass and dune in the foreground offset the sunset
improving the overall effect.
Which photo do you like better?
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Alison I LOVE LoVe love your photography! I relaly want to be like you when I grow up LOL. We have a mutual friend Allison Price. (I saw her family photos that you took.) She was my instructor at Taylor Andrews in Layton, and she’s now a very close friend, who I miss terribly we moved to Texas. I have 5 kids, and I can’t wait to get skinny (along with my husband) so we can go to some beach in San Diego, and have you photograph my family. I’ve been putting it off, cuz I hate how we look right now. Looking at your beautiful photography is motivation to get my butt moving! I love looking at ALL of your work. You’re awesome.Kristin
Love, love, love the one with the sand dune! 🙂
Gorgeous photo's – the second is my favorite. 🙂
Both are wonderful!
But I guess I prefer the first – it just looks endless and can really wrap you up in the moment and take your mind other places.
Leigh
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Those are beautiful photos! Love the last one!
Beautiful! The one with the sand dunes in the front is perfect composition. Love the colors. Sorry about getting rained out in Hawaii. That's still on my travel wishlist and I guess I have to be careful when I go.
wonderful shots! Its amazin how much just kneeling down a bit can be–love the blades of grass in the forfrount.
Love the photo with the grass in it.
I take a lot of great shots with my phone camera. I think it has better pixels than my regular camera and is easier to carry.
I love the second one and am so impressed you got that shot with your iPhone! That is awesome!!
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Definitely the second shot.
I really like your second shot – the grasses make the shot.
I love sunsets and both of these are beautiful photos but I prefer the second as well. The grass of the dunes adds to the photo and makes it that much more interesting!
I love when the iPhone surprises me and takes amazing pictures! These are beautiful and definitely a relaxing moment of viewing in my otherwise hectic day. Thank you!
Definitely like the second photo better — well done. Beautiful sunset pic — not easy to get good ones!
Great pictures! I love sunset and sunrise pictures. I'm always chasing them and try and have my camera with me
Irene
I love silhouettes at sunset. I took one last summer that won “People's Choice” and a blue ribbon.
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I haven't really gotten it together for this year. Hmmmm. Perhaps I have to get my act together and go chase some sunsets!!!
I took one of these photos this past weekend. Love a gorgeous sunset.
Love it! The second shot is gorgeous! Perfect timing too – we are headed out for vacation in just a couple weeks! Thanks!