Another profitable Sunrise Lighthouse Photography cruise

Another profitable Sunrise Lighthouse Photography cruise is within the books and we’ve got the pictures to point out for it. Nearly 20 people had been aboard the vessel Balmy Days out of Pier 8 to attend the annual cruise for the distinctive alternative to see and pictures the realm lighthouses. Captain Bill Campbell took us out to get the perfect look angles to permit everybody aboard to make their greatest pictures of the lighthouses.

Very usually I get the remark in regards to the climate on pictures cruises and the way usually we luck out with very good situations for pictures and this was one other a type of occasions when the climate earlier than and after the cruise was lower than very best however throughout the cruise we had dry cloudy skies and we obtained to see some very good gentle which is what we shoot for – actually. At one level the dawn seemed an orange sherbet colour and it supplied the right smooth heat gentle to see and {photograph} the realm lighthouses.

Burnt Island was first and the seize with the staircase made for a pleasant main line to the lighthouse. Capturing the beacon on within the lighthouse was a bonus due to the time of the day we had been there.

Ram Island was subsequent and once more the solar made for a pleasant background to silhouette the lighthouse with the orange sky. Coming across the island made for an additional alternative to seize the lighthouse with the rocky shoreline within the foreground all being lit by the nice and cozy daylight.

The Cuckolds gentle station was subsequent on the tour and once more the early morning gentle made for a pleasant alternative to see this lighthouse that’s on the entrance to Boothbay Harbor.

Sea situations weren’t the very best for a visit to see the lighthouse at Pemaquid so the choice to go round Southport Island to see Hendricks Head was made and that didn’t disappoint. Hendricks Head is usually greatest seen from the water within the afternoon gentle however due to the clouds and the resultant smooth daylight the lighthouse actually seemed lovely and everybody obtained a pleasant view.

After passing by Townsend Gut and the Southport Island Swing Bridge we had been handled to 1 final unofficial help to navigation that’s on personal property however nonetheless very seen from the ocean on the west aspect of the harbor. This little gentle has no identify however contemplating the identify of the homeowners we’re calling this ‘Baldwin Light’ which appears becoming. While this little gentle shouldn’t be acknowledged on nautical charts it’s nonetheless good to see and having the right gentle made for an awesome picture alternative. 

This wraps up the Photo Cruises out of Boothbay Harbor for this yr however there are nonetheless two extra within the books which are occurring out of Bar Harbor that may be discovered beneath the Photo occasions web page at my web site www.phototourismbymike.com

Make plans now for subsequent yr’s Windjammer Days Photography cruise which might be on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. That cruise normally sells out so shopping for a ticket early is all the time really useful.

Keep taking photos and all the time make your Best Shot!