Leon Turnbull Photography

Neal, a photographer friend of mine from Australia, was visiting Lake Tahoe on vacation this past weekend, so I met up with him there for a morning photo shoot. He wanted to get that awesome sunrise shot overlooking Emerald Bay with some amazing colorful puffy clouds, just as the sun rises over the distant horizon. Yeah, right. God had other plans this weekend. It was overcast and rainy. The sun did not make an appearance all day, and hardly at all throughout the weekend. I feel bad for poor Neal. He comes all the way from Australia to Lake Tahoe, and has crummy weather all weekend. Apparently, he didn’t fare much better in San Francisco earlier in the week either. Ah well, it is really all his fault anyway, for bringing all that bad weather over here from Australia. 😉

Well, it wasn’t all that bad really. We had a fun time together this morning, shooting at three different locations. It was overcast, as you can tell from the photo, and the rain was just drizzling for the most part, so it wasn’t awful at all. This shot was taken from the brink of the falls (obviously) overlooking the Bay, just around sunrise. Can’t you see all the beautiful sunshine? 🙂 Neal was a bit antsy (and rightfully so) about getting too close to the edge of the waterfall. I think he thought I was much too close for comfort, though i didn’t feel that I was in an unsafe position whatsoever. Standing at the edge of Eagle Falls doesn’t bother me as it would at certain other waterfalls (at Bassi Falls, for eg., I would be totally freaked out standing this close to the edge).