Photographers like to talk about the quality of light or "sweet" light in their photographs. For most landscape and architectural photographers, it generally occurs in that period of time from dawn to three hours after sunrise or from three hours before sunset to dusk. These are the times of day when the length of the shadows cast by objects are most dramatic as the sun rises or sets. Its light is also passing through denser layers of earth's atmosphere, so it's warmer or more golden then when it's more overhead during the mid day hours. Of course, we don't always get to choose the time of day when we are on assignment or when we will be at a particular location when enroute to one place or another and sometimes we do. Sometimes we just get lucky staying open to the possibilities that surround us daily. Like morning light on a bowl of unadorned cereal. An "all natural" photo- i.e. no fill cards or additional lighting, no special filters on the lens, no programmed effects, AKA a "straight'' photo with minimal contrast adjustment. And now, I'm hungry.
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