Shooting the Fine Details: What Sand Dune Sunset Photography in Western Australia Taught Me About Slowing Down

Shooting the Fine Details: What Sand Dune Sunset Photography in Western Australia Taught Me About Slowing Down

There’s a trap I’ve fallen into more times than I’d like to admit over twenty years of doing this professionally. You arrive at a location expecting something grand, something with obvious layers and drama and a clear foreground-to-sky story, and instead the landscape hands you something quieter and more intricate. The instinct is to feel cheated. The better move, as I’ve learned slowly and sometimes expensively, is to put the wide angle away and look closer.