Last week we talked about Alpen Glow in the image below:

          While I really like this image I never want to walk away from a nice scene with just one shot. I talked about this topic once before. We want to make sure that we get multiple shots of the same scene. Yet these shots have to be different. You cannot change the grand vista, but you can change the foreground by moving around. A changed foreground can dramatically alter your shot and give you a very different image. When the Alpen Glow begins it only lasts a few minutes. You just do not have the time to go looking for new shots. By the time you find another good composition the glow is gone.

          Scout for multiple shots during the day when the light is not conducive to great photography. When this is not possible do your scouting the minute there is enough light to see but before it is shootable. Find yourself a few compositions close by so that you can quickly switch between them. The ideal is to get a few good shots from the same few minutes of great light (or glow). As I have said before, many amateurs will shoot many shots, but of the same image. When they get home they choose the best one and they are done. Yet no matter how many shots they shot they still end up with only one shot (of which they may have hundreds in duplicate shots).

• Go early.

• Work hard the minute you can see to find alternate compositions.

• Have a plan. Setup for the first shot and then look around to make sure you can identify and know where your other shots are.

• Refrain from shooting hundreds of the same image. Shoot a few and move to your next foreground.

• Make sure each composition is different and unique.

          So having shot the previous shot, here is the next one I got. This will give you an idea of what I am talking about. The scene is the same, the glow light is the same, but the foreground and composition is totally different. Thus I walk away with two shots I really like instead of just one. P.S. I do not often get to shoot more than two images during a short period of time since workshop participant call for help and they come before my shooting.

          Even rotating the camera makes a difference. Get some vertical and horizontal images. Move around and make the most of the few moments of glow time.