Taking pictures of sunrise and sunset (actually there is no difference from the side of photography, which is different just sunrise cooler and loner than sunset, and the one rises and the other drowns he he he). Preparation required of course is checking the location in the previous day, the direction of the sun and so forth. The main equipment needed is a camera, a tripod, and a flashlight.
After arriving at the location, the first thing to do of course looking for a good location and safe to take pictures. Once found, just plug the camera on a tripod. If it can not be the opposite, if the trigger tripod pairs first we usually have lazy move to find a better position.