The Missing Light

November 2010 and as every enthusiastic photographer, I had my big plans for a glorious sunrise. The weather forecast was for clear skies overnight. My view of this location is that it doesn’t matter how clear the sky is during sunrise, you always have some clouds hovering above the Cuillin hills. As soon as the sun gets above the horizon at this time of year, it shines through the mountains and hits the clouds sideways. The result can be astonishing and the picture captured of a wow factor.

However, it wasn’t meant to be that morning. After an hours waiting (had been there early for all preparations) all I had to…

For full article, see inside issue 2 of Landscape Photography Magazine.


 


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About Dimitri Vasileiou

Dimitri was born in Greece but moved to Scotland in 1997. Some of his work has been reproduced in the Daily Record and he has also had work published in a number of photography magazines and books. In 2010 one of his images was commended in the “Landscape photographer of the year competition” and was included in the published book and also displayed at the National theatre on London’s South Bank. Dimitri loves sharing his knowledge with other enthusiasts and this drove him to become a tutor on Landscape photography. He now runs workshops via his company “Earth’s Beauty Tours”.

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