In 2010, I traveled to the Atacama Desert in Chile. I used a Canon camera at the time, and I carried two lenses: a 24–70mm and a 70–200mm. Both were heavy additions to the DSLR body, but I knew there would be some striking landscapes ahead, so it paid the price. The photos you see in this post are not from my current 2026 trip, but instead the 2010 one. I this post I talk about some techniques and culture to achieve impactful landscape photography.