“Sometimes I do get to places

 just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.”

Ansel Adams

I love to photograph the sunrise at the beach.  It is such a peaceful and serene moment.  It feels as if  you are stealing a breath of God with each picture as the sun breaks over the horizon....it is that powerful.  They are energizing and inspiring and can really set the tone for the day.  I miss them,  as they occur only from fall to spring....the sun shifts and comes back.  I think I have taken over 5,000 pictures of sunrises in the past three years. I have never seen two the same, although some seem more spectacular than others.  And as beautiful as they are, I am glad that they are only there for a certain time, making them even more special.  Even anticipating when they will return and make there way past the pier and nestle back into the ocean's arms. 

Now when I venture out in the morning on the beach....my camera and I explore and capture other moments that are missed if one was looking at only the sunrise.  It is that way with life at times, we get so caught up in things that we think are important or focus so much on things that we miss the little things.  Things like the broken shell on the shore, the bird's reflection in the water, the sound of the water not when it crashes in the wave but when it gently rolls up on the shore.  We get caught up in life and lose the moments.  One thing is certain...the sunrises, the sunsets....what is really important are the moments we capture inbetween!