Lighthouse Photography

I am always looking for just the right angle to take a photograph. I usually take a lot of shots before I find the angle that is just right.

I photographed this lighthouse at Hillsboro Inlet in Florida from a park just across the harbor, and was able to frame to photograph in palm branches.

Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse by lighthouseenthusiast
This photo is the top of the lighthouse at Cana Island in Door County, Wisconsin. I walked over to the island to try to get a good photo but was finding a hard time getting the right shot. It was the end of a very dry summer and the grass and greenery around the lighthouse was really browned out so I looked for a way to avoid getting the surrounding area. I zoomed in through the trees to the top half of the lighthouse and this is the photo that I liked best.

Cana Island Lighthouse by lighthouseenthusiast
As we were leaving the Bodie Island lighthouse we traveled down a wooded road and I looked back and caught this view of the lighthouse. I got out my telephoto lens and took this shot of the top of the lighthouse close up.

Bodie Island Lighthouse up Close by lighthouseenthusiast

This lighthouse is in Jupiter, Florida where we have visited each March for the past five years. I have been fortunate to be able to photograph this lighthouse from many angles and at various times of the day. This is one of my favorite shots. It has been enhanced with a painted filter in Photoshop to give it the feeling of a painting.

Jupiter Lighthouse by lighthouseenthusiast

The Outer Banks of North Carolina is a great place to photograph lighthouses. We spent a week down there and were able to photograph five different lighthouses.
This photograph of Bodie Island lighthouse captures the lighthouse in the early evening light. I love it when I am able to capture such perfect light for a photograph.

Bodie Island Lighthouse by lighthouseenthusiast
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is perhaps the most well known lighthouse in the Outer Banks. This photograph was taken just after dark when the lamp is rotating. I was able to climb to a rooftop observation area at our hotel and took out my telephoto lens to take this shot of the lighthouse. I took several photos in quick succession to catch the light just as it turned toward me.

Guiding Light by lighthouseenthusiast
Ocracoke Island has a beautiful white lighthouse. This photo was taken in the early afternoon. It was a clear day and I took several photos till I got the clouds in just the position I wanted behind the lighthouse.

Ocracoke Lighthouse by lighthouseenthusiast
Roanoke Island has an unusual lighthouse that was moved to this location in the harbor. I photographed it in the beautiful early evening light. I photographed it about every 5-10 minutes over a 1 hour period and was able to get many shots of the dimming light and the colors in the sky behind the lighthouse.

-Roanoke Lighthouse at Dusk by lighthouseenthusiast
This poster has all of the lighthouses that I photographed in the Outer Banks.

Outer Banks Lighthouse Poster by lighthouseenthusiast

In 2010 we went on a cruise to Nova Scotia and I was able to photograph several lighthouses. This lighthouse at Peggy's Cove is said to be the most photographed lighthouse in Canada. It was a very windy day when we visited.

Peggy's Cove Lighthouse

There is a great lighthouse in Key Biscayne, Florida. It is right on the beach and I was able to photograph it from both sides. It was early afternoon when I photographed it and I had to work with the sun and the clouds to get just the right shots. Here are photos of the lighthouse from both sides.
On the first shot, I am shooting into the sun so I waited till it went behind a cloud. You will note how different the sky looks on each shot even though they were taken moments apart.

Cape Florida from Beach with Birds by lighthouseenthusiast

Cape Florida Lighthouse by lighthouseenthusiast