Have you ever stood before a wonderful scene in poor light? How did the images turn out? That bad, uh? Yeah, I have certainly had that experience. Let's play with the opposite scenario. Have you ever seen great light but had a bland scene to pair with it? How did the images turn out? Yeah, mine turned out pretty good as well. So what is the lesson we learn? Photography is all about light!

          When you see the makings of good light forming know that you have an opportunity for good images - regardless of where you are. Just find something to go with it. Even if you find nothing of interest, just do your best, because good light usually makes good images.

A storm was brewing. I found myself in the Kalahari desert, in Namibia. The detail in the clouds were interesting. Rain started to fall in the distance. The color was nice because of the setting sun. But as you can see, nothing was going on in the land part of the scene. The horizon is so flat you can almost use it to see if a ruler is made correctly. What do you do?

          Try to find something different, anything that stands out. Nope, all the trees are the same here. Find a road that leads into the scene. No, the roads are all parallel to the horizon here. Okay, nothing works. Just get a bit of hight and shoot. Hight helps to give depth. Now this image is not the best image out there, but it is interesting. The only ingredient you have is really some color and some good light in the distance. Sometimes that is all you need to get something.

          This experience just taught me once again that light makes or breaks an image.