google quietly released a new update to google earth recently (this week?) and one particular feature has great potential for photographers of all kinds. anyone that ever works outside knows that weather is typically the first obstacle and given that, light will be next in the trouble line.

applying your bag of tools and using google’s new sunlight feature you’ll definitely have a plan of action. i’m using this already to scout locations as we can finally have an idea of what the light will be doing without relying solely on maps or scouting pictures. here’s what it does if you’re standing north of Mt Hood, OR.