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Travel Photography: Desert Road Trip

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Travel to the desert wilderness of Death Valley National Park with landscape photographer Ben Long to learn the unique considerations involved in shooting a desert environment.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Intro to desert landscape photography
  • Understanding where this course will take us
1. Desert Roadtrip: Day One
  • Looking at the light on day one
  • Getting a shot that includes the road
  • Why shoot in places you've shot before?
  • Shooting in the old mining town of Ballarat
  • Working a shot with an old truck as a subject
  • Composing a shot to show texture in Devil's Golf Course
  • Racing the light to get the last shot of the day
2. Desert Roadtrip: Day Two
  • Exploring the plan for day two
  • Taking a shot with haze and working it in post
  • Shooting the sand dunes in changing light
  • Wrapping up the sand dune shots
3. Desert Roadtrip: Day Three
  • Planning out the third day
  • Exploring the light in the dry lake bed
  • Working the light in the dry lake bed
  • What to do when the good light is gone
  • Exploring the vistas for a more dramatic shot
  • Composing the vista shot
  • Evaluating the vista shot
4. Wrapping Up the Trip
  • Understanding the pace of a place
  • Wrapping up the trip

Taught by

Ben Long

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