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Exploring the light in the dry lake bed

Exploring the light in the dry lake bed

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Exploring the light in the dry lake bed

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We're on the lake bed. We got here just in time. The light is just coming up over there. It's fun because you can actually see the line of the shadow just crossing across me. So I had kind of hoped to shoot some before the light examples for you but it's, the sun's coming up earlier today. Still, this is great. We're just starting to see the contrast come out. Shadows are starting to appear and get really long, textures starting to appear on the ground. We're getting this beautiful warmth, I mean warmth of light, so I think we're in for a good morning of shooting here. So, out here and the lights great. But, boy, I've got a lot of landscape, where do I start? So, this is a dry lake bed. It's the flattest naturally occurring phenomenon in the world. It's interesting, there's this hard packed mud stuff underneath, that can have cool textures on it. The area we're in right now is covered with sand. I've got these bushes and sticks and rocks around. So, plus I got this big broad vista…

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