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Jason Frels

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Sunrise and Stumps

Another sunrise at the wildlife refuge. And another sunrise without much in the way of clouds. It’s a pretty good hike up to this location but it is my favorite location for dawn. Half the time I wake up well before 5:30 AM anyway (thank you recent development of insomnia), so there was not much… Read More Sunrise and Stumps

July 4, 2025 Jason Frels20 Comments

Fog on the Bay

Fog can be a very fun and useful tool for photography. It can help simplify an image by obscuring the background, which helps your subject stand out. It can remove color from a scene, enabling you to focus on the shapes. It can add mystery to your image inviting the viewer to imagine what is… Read More Fog on the Bay

December 18, 2024 Jason Frels26 Comments

Dawn’s Early Light

This time of year the sun rises quite late, for me anyway, and this made it easy to get out to the wildlife refuge and hike up to an overlook before the sun crested the eastern horizon. There were sadly no clouds, so there was no predawn color-show to be there for, but I knew… Read More Dawn’s Early Light

October 31, 2024 Jason Frels34 Comments

Sunrise Over a Creek and Wildflowers

It was Saturday morning and I was awake around 5:00AM; I hate to sleep late and waste the day. Anyway, I knew the sun would rise at about 6:30AM and it was a little cloudy so I grabbed my backpack and a mug of coffee and headed for the wildlife refuge to see if I… Read More Sunrise Over a Creek and Wildflowers

June 4, 2023 Jason Frels17 Comments

The Third Sunrise

The third and final sunrise of my stay at Torres del Paine was the best of them all. It was another cold and windy morning again, but I didn’t mind that a bit once we got to the site. Our sunrise site for this morning was a rocky overlook across Lago Pehoe from the mountains.… Read More The Third Sunrise

April 30, 2023 Jason Frels30 Comments

Sunrise Above the Clouds

As I mentioned in my previous post, on my last morning at Shenandoah I got up and checked out of the lodge early so that I could be somewhere for sunrise with time to take photos before I had to drive to the airport. My flight was at 1:30PM so I had plenty of time… Read More Sunrise Above the Clouds

November 6, 2022 Jason Frels17 Comments

Sunrises at the Beach

I went to vacation in Galveston for a week. My intent was not to take a lot of photos, but to mainly spend time with the family. I did manage to sneak down to the beach at sunrise a few days while everyone else was in bed. Every morning that I went down there were… Read More Sunrises at the Beach

July 18, 2022 Jason Frels69 Comments

Badland Sunrise

I found an overlook in Theodore Roosevelt National Park that faced almost directly toward the sunrise and I arranged to be there a little before 5:00AM the next day to see it. I have no problem waking myself up for stuff like this as I get kind of excited and usually wake up before my… Read More Badland Sunrise

June 12, 2022June 11, 2022 Jason Frels20 Comments

The Balanced Rock

I have been planning another trip to Big Bend National Park as there are photographic ideas that I want to try and hiking trails that I haven’t been on yet. So last weekend my oldest daughter and I went and camped a couple of nights and I tried to get some of these things done.… Read More The Balanced Rock

November 19, 2021 Jason Frels51 Comments

Desert Sunrise

Desert Mountains in Morning Sunlight

There is something about watching the sun set and then getting up and watching it rise the next morning on the opposite horizon that is a bit surreal to me. Maybe it is the feeling of being so small in a giant mechanism and watching the large scale workings occur from my powerless position. Maybe… Read More Desert Sunrise

April 9, 2021April 8, 2021 Jason Frels36 Comments

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