How to Shoot a Sunrise Panorama in the Alabama Hills (And Actually Come Home With a Keeper)

How to Shoot a Sunrise Panorama in the Alabama Hills (And Actually Come Home With a Keeper)

There’s a particular kind of location that looks so spectacular it becomes its own trap. Too much to photograph, no obvious composition, and a clock ticking toward first light. I’ve stood in places like that more times than I can count, usually with my hat pulled low and a thermos getting cold in my pack, wondering why I can’t just pick something. The Alabama Hills outside Lone Pine, California is exactly that kind of place.