The Longest Run

There are a lot of great places in Chatham for sunrises and sunsets. Here's the view of today's sunrise by the Chatham lighthouse: And here are two sunset pictures from Skaket Beach (our favorite beach among many great beaches in/near Chatham):

Just back from a great vacation visiting a dear friend in Chatham, MA. In spite of living in Boston for five years, I never really spent time on Cape Cod until Phyllis moved there a few years ago. We're now up there a couple of times a year and really love it. I was up VERY early this morning and got out to shoot some sunrise pictures by the Chatham lighthouse - a really beautiful spot. Managed to fit in a few self-portraits as well.....

One of the great things about my recent vacation was that I had the chance to take a ton of pictures (over 5,500 for the week) and experiment with some new photography techniques. One of the techniques I tried is called 'dragging the shutter'. I first learned about this approach in Scott Kelby's The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2 . For those of you who aren't familiar with this book or the first edition ( The Digital Photography Book, Volume 1 ), I can't recommend them highly enough if you are interested in bite-sized, non-technical tips and tricks for getting the most out of your photos. Kelby is a very active writer, photographer, and blogger whose website Photoshop Insider is one of my favorites. Dragging the shutter involves taking a meter reading of your scene and shooting at those settings....but with a flash. Where flash photos are typically taken at 1/60th of a second, when you drag the shutter you slow it down - which allows in more natural light befor...