Melbourne Sunrise
I know it’s been a while since I’ve written. My apologies for that.
It’s fun breaking rules every now and then. One of those fundamental rules in photography is to not photograph into the sun. In portraits, it’s better to make your subject squint than to photograph with the sun behind them 
In this case, I tried it out on a morning along Melbourne’s Southbank area - with interesting results…
Here is a nice effect - the sun is hitting a glass building and spraying out like a star:
I did use a wide angle lens hood in this shot, so it probably helped with ensuring that I didn’t get any stray rays of sunlight coming in on the side of my lens.
Here is another shot, which I don’t think worked as well as the first, as the colours are a bit dull and the sun is too strong:
Now, back to the classic rule, of making sure the sun is behind you. It is a rule for a reason - it really bakes the vista with a beautiful warm light, and makes the view look serene…
So, the rules, while made to be broken, aren’t half bad…