Effects the sun plays for creating different lighting

http://www.lightstalking.com/capturing-the-beauty-of-natural-light-at-any-time-of-day

The above link is just a short look at how the lighting at different points in the day has different effects on the shots taken and how the light of the sun can make for different and interesting shots. The link covers the golden hour and the great the rising and setting sun has on the subjects we are shooting the golden colours work great especially this would complement autumn photography with the gold’s and browns of the falling leaves. The article also covers how a cloudy day can act as a perfect diffuser and I think the main thing about it got me thinking of how we should treat the sun just as another light as if we are shooting in a studio, although we can’t control its intensity or the weather that effects its brightness we can compensate for its brightness or lack of it with clever tools and techniques so as back lighting and reflectors. This means that in effect we can get a great shot in really any type of weather but we need the understanding of the tools and techniques needed to make them work and this is something I feel I am starting to gather a greater understanding of all the time, the more I work and research.