How I Took This Sand Dunes Photo

In this week’s video, I’m going to show the story behind a photo I took a few days ago in Great Sand Dunes National Park. Because it’s our first case study video at Photography Life, I wanted to shoot an image that I already had in mind – hopefully lowering my chances of returning empty-handed. In the end, I definitely got a photo I liked. But it didn’t happen quite how I had expected.

The following video goes through all the steps behind the shot, from finding a location to camera settings. I also have a rapid-fire post-processing tutorial at the end, explaining exactly how I processed the final RAW file. As with last week, I filmed the video in 4K, although it may take a day or two for YouTube to process the full-resolution version:

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Until next week, good luck and good light!

NIKON D800E + Tamron SP 15-30mm f/2.8 Di VC USD (Nikon F) @ 30mm, ISO 100, 1/30, f/13.0
NIKON Z7 + NIKKOR Z 24-70mm f/4 S @ 24mm, ISO 64, 1/5, f/11.0
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