Jerad Raines Photography
First light over the Isle of Skye, Scotland, with the Old Man of Storr standing on the ridge above the loch

Isle of Skye, Scotland

Awake before Dawn

We climbed to the Old Man of Storr in the dark, guided by flashlights and the faint outline of the mountains ahead. My wife and I reached our spot before sunrise and settled in to wait. Then the wind arrived—or perhaps it had been there all along. Gusts that felt well over 50 miles per hour tore across the ridge, strong enough that I was genuinely worried every photograph would be blurred.

I weighted down my tripod, held everything I could steady, and kept shooting. Then the sky began to change. The blue hour deepened into an extraordinary sunrise, spilling color across the peaks and turning the landscape into something far beyond what we'd imagined when we started the hike.

It was, without question, the sunrise of the year. And somehow, after climbing there in complete darkness and nearly being blown off the mountain, being awake before dawn felt like exactly where we were supposed to be.

Nikon D7200 · Tamron 10-24mm · 15mm · f/9 · 0.6 sec · ISO 100

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Available as a limited edition fine art print, produced on demand in four finishes. Full sizing and materials are on the prints page.

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Each image is released as a limited edition of 50 — that's 50 pieces total, across every size and every finish combined, not 50 of each. When an edition closes, that image is retired and never offered as a print again. A few signature images are released in smaller editions.

Outside that count, I keep one Artist's Proof of each image for myself. It's occasionally available by private request, at a premium.

Every piece is numbered and comes with a matching signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Paper prints are signed by hand before they ship; the face-mounted pieces travel straight from the lab to you, so the certificate carries the signature rather than the panel.

As an edition sells down, the price steps up. The earliest collectors of an image always pay the least for it.

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Lumachrome Face-mounted to TruLife acrylic

A layered transparency print, face-mounted to anti-reflective acrylic. The image is printed on clear film over a white reflective base, so light passes through the emulsion twice — inbound and outbound — before it reaches the eye.

Best for: Deep color, dramatic light, anything you want to stop people in a hallway.

Chromaluxe Dye-sublimation on aluminum

Under heat and pressure, the dye passes directly from solid to gas and diffuses into a polymer coating bonded to the panel. The image ends up within that coating rather than sitting on top of it.

Best for: Bright scenes, water, snow, big skies. Also the most durable option.

Supralume High-gloss canvas on aluminum composite

Canvas with the gloss integral to the print rather than varnished on afterward, surface-bonded to an aluminum composite panel. It keeps canvas texture without the detail loss and reduced black density that matte canvas normally costs.

Best for: Texture and detail — rock, bark, forest, anything intricate.

Fine Art Paper Canson Infinity Rag Photographique, 310 gsm cotton

A 310 gsm, 100% cotton rag with a smooth matte surface and no optical brighteners. The most traditional of the four, and the only one I sign by hand before it ships.

Best for: Quieter work, black and white, and anyone with a framer they trust.

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