Surprise View sunrise

We’ve been eyeing the weather app for a while, waiting for a day with clear skies. You know – to capture the sunrise, like we love to do. It’s been pretty stormy these past few weeks so when we saw Saturday morning was predicted to be sunny, we jumped at the opportunity. Our destination was Mam Tor. I was planning to get some shots on the Bridleway and of Back Tor, never having done that at sunrise. But for some reason, as we got in the car, a suspicious Check Engine light came on. Not wanting to stress the car with the ascent at Winnats Pass we scrapped the Mam Tor plan and figured some Surprise View sunrise photography will have to do for now.

I’m actually very glad how things played out. I think we got some amazing shots. Things didn’t look very positive right before the sun rose and I was a bit disappointed. I guess I was still hung up on the Mam Tor idea. As the minutes passed though, the sky became more and more alight. The hills started to come alive. The best part was the mist that was all around and the lack of clouds. The sky was clear and the sun was shining on the mist and trees, making the landscape look very milky and surreal. Some perfect conditions that we’ve never captured before.

All in all, I’m extremely happy we didn’t get to go to Mam Tor. We managed to capture some amazing shots with the mist and trees that we had no chance to capture there. The Surprise View sunrise photography session was a fantastic success! Alex was an amazing model as usual and managed to keep up with me as I ran through the hills to try and hit as many spots as I could. I’ll let you see the photos now and I’ll see you in the next post!