Kevin Lehmann Photography

 Today was a morning just like any other morning could be, the only difference is, I woke up early for some reason. It was around 4:30 when my eyes sprung open, and I was awake (dang it), oh well, I thought I'd check the weather look outside and see if it would be worth going out for a sunrise shoot. Well, I did and it was, (of course nothing is guaranteed). I made myself a coffee to go, grabbed my camera bag and headed out the door. The beach is only a 10-15 minute drive from the house and with sunrise at 6:30 I knew I had plenty of time to scout out a location. Now, you would think, heck that's easy, just hit the beach and start shooting.....well, not quite. You see, the beach changes every day, the way the waves break, where they break, the tides, locations of tides pools and how the water flows onto the beach. So you need to actually hit the beach and start walking the shoreline until you come across that special area that may make a good shot. You get out the camera, take

  Tuesday evening I had the pleasure of teaching a class "Shooting the Milky Way" for members of the Emerald Coast Camera Club. Last year I became interested in photographing the Milky Way after seeing many great images from around our area. With the hot summer days here in NW Florida, it's a perfect way to beat the heat and get out with my camera. I did some research on the subject and tried my hand at it, finding out that it really isn't all the difficult. The hard part, is in the post processing and finding that right technique to make the Milky Way shine. After lots of trial and error, I finally came across one that works for me. So this year, with all my new found knowledge, I struck out several times and ended up with (what I think ) are some pretty good shots. Now for me, that also means finding an interesting foreground that complements the Milky Way in the picture. Here along the coast, that means, the local pier, beach pavilions, interesting shaped dunes, et