It was so cool to see this happen almost every morning.Ī real bonus at Lido Key was the small sand dunes with sea oats. The sun would rise in the east, not blocked by clouds, and light up the beach and offshore storm clouds. Almost every day during my week there, I would see storms building up offshore. My daily routine was to check the radar an hour before sunrise. "Lido Key Sunrise" - Click Photo To Purchase The beach at Lido Key was hands down the winner. I like the white sand of the beaches in the Sarasota area, so I headed there and scouted for the best location. My next goal for the big summer clouds was storms offshore on the west coast of the Florida, the Gulf Coast. "Everglades Morning" - Click Photo To Purchase The clouds moved into position and I couldn’t have been more pleased. Finally, after many trips in the dark before sunrise, I saw the rainstorm building to the south, the direction I wanted to shoot, and headed to my spot. I found the trees I wanted and then just had to return a number of times hoping for the right clouds. I wanted to shoot the scene with early morning light. This year, I scouted specifically for a scene where some big clouds combined with a specific group of trees would say “Everglades”. There isn’t an abundance of color in the trees or vegetation, so the sky is a huge factor and that’s where the big summer clouds come into play. Over the years, I have made many trips to the Everglades and found it a difficult place to photograph landscapes. I live not too far from Everglades National Park, so I decided to begin my summer efforts there. I finally made the commitment to stay home this year to try to achieve my goals here in Florida. Then, I would get distracted by the summer “monsoon season” in Arizona and Utah and head out there to capture storms over the Grand Canyon, Arches National Park or somewhere else. Every year I would say to myself that this was the summer I was going to shoot those scenes. Through the years I had spent some time shooting on the Florida Atlantic Coast beaches or inland lakes, but I was missing the big thunderhead clouds that rise up in Florida in the summer. Photographing the Carolina Coast and Oak Trees There always seemed to be a mountain, desert, rocky coast, fall color or some other scene or feature that I did not have in Florida that took priority. Although I have lived in Florida all my life, I pursued landscape photography in other states and countries assuming I could photograph scenes in Florida anytime I wanted.
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