For many years I worked as a server or manager at restaurants, mostly through the night. So getting up early is always a painful experience for me. Without coffee, it is all but hopeless. So this is a rare sunrise shot. I debated, “would it be worth it?”, “Would there be any color?”, “Would I be awake enough to find the ‘on’ button on my camera?” But it paid off when the sky turned to gold as the beautiful sun slowly climbed over the oceanic horizon. The bliss of the morning was unrivaled. The delicate waves rolled in on this soft Florida coast as I had just landed from a long trip overseas in a very third-world part of Brazil. The peace and solace of the moment were surreal. I felt privileged to have captured it.
