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How to Find and Photograph Forest Scenes When the Light Refuses to Cooperate
There’s a kind of shoot I’ve done hundreds of times: I show up somewhere dramatic, the sky is flat blue, the light is harsh, and everything that made the location worth the drive looks completely dead on a sensor. For years, my instinct was to pack up and wait for better conditions. What I’ve learned since then, slowly and sometimes painfully, is that a flat-light day isn’t a failed shoot day.