| Blue Hour Begins is an oldie but goodie that I photographed in the Sea of Cortez as we were cruising to Cabo San Lucas aboard our sailboat Raven. The blue hour is a brief span of time, more like 20-30 minutes, that takes place twice a day, once before the sun rises and again after the sun sets. It is a time of deep saturated colors with intense blues, and it is a time valued by photographers for the richness of the light. The sun was setting as our Raven approached Cabo San Lucas on the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. With no wind, we were using our motor to make progress. The sea was flattened and glassy, reflecting those rich colors after the sun sank below the waves. The superyacht charter agency Yomira selected Blue Hour Begins as the iconic image for their website. I checked out their prices, but the rental fees that reach 1,000,000 euros/week are a bit out of my range! Still, I’m flattered that my image is in such stratospheric company! I thought the unobstructed, expansive nature of the sky was a good choice for my first foray into multi-panel displays. The presentation is contemporary and impactful. But triptychs are a new format for me and I had to work through a learning curve to set up the 3-panel format and upload it to my website in a user-friendly format. |
