A Sunrise Photo Shoot...

I was thrilled when I saw that one of the local photographers that I follow on Instagram had arranged a special sunrise photo tour from the Grote Kerk Tower, which had just recently opened to the public. It meant getting up ridiculously early on a Saturday morning to catch a train. The Plein was empty, but nicely lit up. 

There was 11 photographers plus the tour guide who climbed up the 288 stairs to the top at 7:30 a.m. It was windy that high up, but the walls surrounding the balcony were high and thick, so easy to perch the camera on top (of course still attached to me with a strap) without fear of either me or the camera falling.

The sky was especially dramatic when we first arrived.

While everyone else used a tripod and were essentially anchored to one side of the tower, I continued to walk around for the nearly two hours that we were up there.

Perhaps it is not a surprise that it was this side facing the tall buildings of the city center that was the most popular view.