Capturing sun flare has become quite the voguish pursuit for photographers these days.  It wasn’t long ago that these “over-exposed” photos were considered throw-away! Now, however,  all over the blog-world I see beautiful photos with sunbeams bursting forth from every conceivable angle.  I took my oldest out in the front yard (I know, not very exciting) to try and catch some flare.  It was 4:48 to be exact. 

It was tricky trying to move around, up and down, side to side, trying to catch that perfect starburst pattern of rays.  I would see it in my viewfinder, but then when I snapped the picture it wasn’t there!  One thing I do know is that I love natural lighting, even if I don’t quite get the hang of it yet!  I picked my favorite one and entered it in I Heart Faces “Sun Flare” contest this week! Here are the rest: