Photograph a Scene Throughout a Day Photoshoot - Sarah Weintraub

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Unfortunately, my photos don’t display the movement of the sun throughout the day in an ideal way because they were taken throughout a cloudy day. It does realistically display the looks of an average winter day, however it isn’t the most visually appealing


1st photo - 11:09 am, shutter speed 1/60, ISO 100, f/11



2nd photo - 1:12 pm, shutter speed 1/60, ISO 100, f/11




The first two photos display what daylight appears as on cloudy winter days in Washington, with a gray hue overcasting the images. There is very little lighting difference between 11am and 1pm, however 11 am gives a slightly lighter gray appearance and 1pm shows the beginning of a blue hue over the horizon. You can also see various types of trees in the images. The first tree is the douglas fir, the largest tree on the right of the image. Douglas firs are native to Washington and Western North America, and do shed needles throughout fall and winter but not entirely unlike the trees next to it in the image. The other trees in the image are Black Cottonwoods, which are native to the Pacific Northwest, and they are deciduous, meaning it entirely sheds its leaves annually.

3rd photo - 3:23 pm, shutter speed 1/30, ISO 100, f/11



The third photo is a slightly darker gray, with a growing blue hue overcoming the photo. Any appearance of sunlight is nearly absent in this photo as the sunset is coming within the next couple hours. 


4th photo - 4:52 pm, shutter speed 1/125, ISO 3200, f/11




5th photo - 5:16 pm, shutter speed 1/15, ISO 3200, f/11



The fourth and fifth photo were taken within 25 minutes of each other, displaying how quickly it gets dark once the sun starts setting. Beginning at about 4:30 pm it began getting exponentially darker. Rather than an orange and pick sunset appearance, the clouds give the quintessential wintery appearance with an ever-growing presence of dark blue as it gets darker and darker. This appearance can also be attributed to the sun's placement in the sky, because it is winter the sun sits lower in the sky and moves in a shorter arch throughout the day. Ultimately, this is caused by the Earth’s tilt and orbit, when it’s winter here the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, while the Southern Hemisphere enjoys summer simultaneously because it is tilted towards the sun. 

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