Bill Lea says he’s not a morning person. Yet many days, he’s up before the sun, hurrying toward the western portion of Foothills Parkway to catch its first rays as they light up Rich Mountain and swath Townsend in golden beams.
“This is what I love doing: chasing the light,” Lea says, easing his Subaru into park at one of his favorite overlooks. “All the subjects we shoot, everybody shoots — the only thing that makes the subject different is the light that you capture.”