Plan your travel as best you can to make the most of a given location, especially if you want a great photograph that WOWs.

The first photo here is from dusk. Again, the city’s lights are on, giving the image a lot more pop than this photo taken late in the day.

Fuji X-E2, 18-55mm, ISO 500, ƒ/13, 1/500 [7:51 pm]

This morning I woke up and took the exact location early.

Fuji X-E2, 18-55mm, ISO 2000, ƒ/18, 1/500 [8:49 am]

As you can see, the exact location looks quite different at different times of the day.

As a storyteller, which photo best helps you tell the story when you first think of Lisbon, Portugal? By the end of this week of teaching storytelling in Lisbon, Portugal, I might pick a different photo than when I started, but now I have options.

Nikon D4, 28-300mm, ISO 800, ƒ/20, 5sec [10:11 pm]

Here is another perspective from where I was shooting the other photos. Here it is at dusk, and here it is just an hour earlier.

Fuji X-E2, 18-55mm, ISO 2000, ƒ/13, 1/500 [8:59 pm]

I liked the location so much that I made a panoramic of the spot. Click on it to see it larger.

Nikon D4, 14-24mm, ISO 800, ƒ/22, 1.6sec [10:07 pm]