Originally posted by timb64 No, my travel plans take priority over photographic considerations, never felt it had a detrimental effect on the results. As Craig says, if you go out during daylight hours there's always enough light
Shooting close to home, I just turned up when I get there and go back when I think I could do better. However I rarely have to go back. And based on the sun's position this should have been terrible shot, but I went when convenient and I got an image better than I would have anticipated. It's always about so much more than where the sun is. Clouds also change light dramatically.
This wasn't the optimum time of day for talking shot at this location based on the sun's position, but the light turned out to be spectacular. Restricting yourself based on sun position in my opinion isn't wise. It will cost you photos.
In this particular image, the dramatic nature fo the light is caused by cloud formations, was well as the position of the sun. My shots directly into sun in an attempt to show some rays didn't cover the dynamic range, this one, I turned 90º and got the sun angle I wanted. My advice is go when you can see what you can get. Don't think you know everything because you have a sun position app. If that's your defining element of selecting when you go somewhere you're going to miss some great images.
This isn't the shot I was going for, but after PP it was the best shot I got.