Every photographer knows that the more time you spend getting to know your subject the better you can represent it in your work. In my case I often have very little time to capture a meaningful image of the places I visit. I am usually only there for a few hours or even less. I visited the Moeraki Boulders in Otago, New Zealand in the late afternoon of December 31, 2002. I had only two hours to shoot all my "first impression" photos. I returned before sunrise the next morning and began observing the rocks in the colourful yet dim light of predawn. When the sun finally broke over the horizon, I realized I was not longer shooting the rocks but shooting the light. Of all the photos I made at Moeraki Beach, only three or four really captured my impression of the place.