Cherry Tree Sunshine
Canon 5D Mark ll, 70-200L, 2.8 aperture, 1/500 shutter, 200 ISO
I absolutely love sun flare in photography. While some photographers shy away from it, and even view it as poor technique, I cannot stop loving it and seeking it out. I remember the first time I accidentally caught a sun flare on a photograph I took of a rose. I thought it was magic. In those days, I was shooting film and had no idea what I was getting while I was shooting. When I got it back form the printer, I swooned. I named it “Sun Rose” and hung it in my bathroom. I still love that photo.
A photographer that I truly admire and hope to finally meet someday is Jenny Sun. (So aptly named.) You should check out her work, which is mostly done in Australia. She has mastered the use of the sun flare better than anyone else I have seen. I would love to spend an afternoon with her, just asking her questions and watching her work. Something tells me that not all of it can be taught. Jenny has a God-given gift. I love that. I think that God gave her that name and that gift and then He blew her a kiss that enabled her to create such magic. In fact, every time I see one of her rainbow flares around her clients, I think He is just telling her much He loves her again, and How beautiful He is. Often she will get a double or triple flare perfectly aligned around her clients.
He is like those flares, except so much more radiant and colorful than we could ever imagine. I know that when I am seeking those colorful orbs of light that stream down from the sun, I am really seeking Him. There is so much there that is Him. Warmth, brilliance, illumination, glory, fire. I can’t help but laugh and even cry when I see these things through my lens. And yes, I feel His love for me too.
Here are a few more images from my time in the gorgeous afternoon light. I could melt in it’s dreaminess. I love the light because He is light.
Hebrews 1:3 ~”The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.”
See the Light
Afternoon Light Glory
Drawn to the Flare
A Place to Dream
3 Comments
I have never seen this before. I love it. Beautiful!!
sweetie!! You are too kind! Bless your gorgeous heart 🙂 Thank you so much for the shoutout 🙂 One lovely photographer put my name down for consideration for the 2012 WPPI speakers (although I HIGHLY doubt I will get a place since no one really knows me in the states!! hehe and WPPI speakers are way more talented than I), but if in the crazy rare chance I get there, I would love to meet you!! xox
Thanks for stopping by my blog, Jenny! I would love it if you came to the states next year or anytime! You are definitely recognized here well enough to teach at WPPI.:) Would love to meet you!