Study of natural light on the Kraftwerk Simmering

I can see this power plant from my balcony and I made it a habit of the new year to take a picture of the towers. All these images have been taken with my shitty Iphone 11 camera with 3,5 Zoom. Alsways from the same spot and only the day time and light conditions are varying.

As a photographer and filmmaker light is your friend. Unless it is not.
Shooting in natural light conditions can be tricky since the earth is turning and the sunlight hits differently every second.

So I often study the natural light conditions on a certain spot to be able to plan days accordingly.
If you need the morning light. You have about 15 minutes of good conditions the same as in the evenings right before sunset.

Always be aware of changing daylight conditions and plan your shooting days around them. If you need to produce a lot of footage in the morning you will have to plan several shooting days.

Of course depending on the subject you can still help with bouncing reflectors or even artificial daylight HMI sources. But You cant light up this huge building without the sun ;)

These images have not been made on the same day, I can't be out on the balcony all day long.
Morning

Morning

Morning

Morning

Evening

Night

The Simmering power plant began generating electricity in 1902 and has evolved into one of the most modern and environmentally friendly facilities in Europe. Since 2009, it has been supplying electricity to 730,000 households and over 7,000 business customers, along with providing district heating for nearly 270,000 households. The power plant utilizes a modern gas and steam turbine system (combined heat and power) with a remarkable efficiency exceeding 81 percent.

Translated from the official website of the power plant.

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