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A Mighty Wind

A tutorial on finding compositons in Death Valley. First, go to an area where your friend promises it will be windy and find it dead calm. Be biblically peave...
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A tutorial on finding compositons in Death Valley. First, go to an area where your friend promises it will be windy and find it dead calm. Be biblically peaved at this fact. Next, add heat. Lots of it. Preferably over 100, which isn’t hard here. Then, wear long pants as that’s all you brought for your trip because Death Valley was a game-time decision. Now, hike a couple of miles in sand. Finally; and this one is important; be moderately fat. You don’t have to go full orca, but you need to be reasonably plump and out of shape. Once you’re out in the field you’re going to get overwhelmed by the infinite possibilities in every. single. direction. So make sure you trudge around aimlessly for a couple of hours and track up any good shot you think you might find. This leads to utter and complete exhaustion. NOW you’re ready to find your comp. Plop down your tripod and point it in some random direction because you’re so tired you don’t give a flying f^#% what it’s pointed at. Voila. Oh, and thank you Baby Jesus for conjuring up the 40mph wind literally out of nowhere right before sunset.
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