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PLEASE PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW TO WITNESS THE ADRENALINE THAT WAS STILL PUMPING AFTER THIS SHOOT:)
This is one of my favorite pictures from our last trip to to Death Valley. I don't think it's the best comp, but what makes it my favorite is because what it took to get it. This location was very challenging to get to. First of all we had to drive 3 hours to get here. Two of those hours were traveling 10 MPH through a rocky dirt road. I didn't mind it on the way there; it was coming back that hurt. We arrived with plenty of time to set up. The problem was we could not find any of the "moving rocks". We walked from one side of the track to the other side. I estimated to be a 3 mile distance from one end to the other.
As the sun was falling we were getting a bit anxious and worried that we would not find any rocks. So we decided to stretch out in a scrimmage line and walk in a southbound direction towards the south end. At one point the guys look like small ants in a HUGE field. We literally had to scream at each other to hear ourselves. During the walk we lost
D. Breezy and
Dave.
James and I continued on, determined to find the rocks. As the light dropped I told James, "Dude give me your back pack and run as fast as you can". When you get there let me know if there are any rocks, if so I will run towards your direction. James and I had pre determined a signal which he would give me if he had found the rocks. The problem was I could no longer see him when he arrived.
Eventually I grabbed his back pack and mine and ran as fast as I could. I just had time to drop the bags and start hitting the shutter as the sky was on fire. Click
here to see a great sand dunes sunset by James. Jave
