Beach sunset

So we stayed at a beach a couple of days last month. It was a bit crappy because every afternoon the skies became all cloudy. We never got a chance to see a clear sky the whole week we were at the beach. One of the best days we were there I just decided to set up my Go pro camera to take a sunset time lapse shot. 

Unfortunately I only had my monopod with me when I did this. So I had to stick the Go pro into the monopod and held it down with the straps from my bag. A big no-no for time lapse shots as you have to keep it steady. The camera slipped in the middle of the time lapse and I had to reposition it.

The final wasn't bad. Maybe next time I won't forget my tripod.

Sunset shots by the dock at Egg Harbor Marina

As always, Egg harbor in Door county Wisconsin is a great place to take sunset photos. During this trip I always had my Canon G15 with me all the time. It's a nice little camera that can shoot raw, has excellent dynamic range, and pretty much has dslr features without the bulk.

It is pretty awesome to take photos during sunrise and sunsets because the colors are so dramatic that you cannot see these colors when the sun is high. At noon, sunlight is pretty harsh that it gives you very intense highlights and shadows. I personally don't like taking shots at noon.

Egg harbor marina is a very nice place to take shots during sunsets. It is one of the best places to be in when in Door County Wisconsin.

Taking sunset shots with my Canon G15.

I love my Canon G15. It has seen more use than my dslr during a couple of our vacations. It's compact, it's always ready to go and it gives me the almost the quality of a starter dslr. I usually just have it on a case attached to my belt and I can go wherever I want with it. Beats lugging around a dslr all the time. We went back to Door County Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago and I was able to take a sunset photo with it. I waited till the sun was about to set and sat at the shore near the beach to capture it. Here's what I got:

Shot handheld, with a simple flick of the mode switch, and the exposure compensation dial, I was ready to go shoot.