Travel Photography: Desert Road Trip

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.

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