Until COVID came along and disrupted global travel, I would usually take a business trip to Seattle about once per quarter. The weather in Seattle can be notoriously hit and miss, and on many of these trips I would often have trouble getting both good light and a free schedule at the same time. Frustrated after a few trips where I had brought my camera and gotten nothing, I nearly left it behind on my trip last June. But I sensed something in the weather forecast that one evening might be nice, and my calendar looked free from a distance. So I took my camera along, and nearly missed the critical time window anyway.

I love photographing amazing places, and I’m fortunate that my team has me visiting Seattle, Washington on a regular basis. Some online investigation revealed that Kerry Park is a great place to capture a photo of Seattle, so I decided to use my Eastern time zone jet lag to my advantage and catch a sunrise. Of course, there aren’t many sunrises in Seattle in February, so I had to use the clouds to my advantage as well.