Scouting, Golden Light, and Ghost Towns: Field Lessons from an Abandoned Mine Shoot

Scouting, Golden Light, and Ghost Towns: Field Lessons from an Abandoned Mine Shoot

There is a particular kind of pressure that builds in the dark on the way to a sunrise location. You’ve done the planning, you’ve checked the app, you’ve picked your composition the evening before. And then you’re sitting in the truck at 4:45 a.m. watching the sky go lighter than you wanted it to, and you realize the window is already closing. I’ve been doing this for twenty years and that feeling never entirely goes away.