What is the definitive guide to Janis Elspas's techniques for capturing desert landscapes in Tucson?

I don’t actually have a single “definitive guide” published to my Tucson desert techniques, but you can piece them together from how I shoot and describe those scenes.

For sunsets, I lean into:

1. Vivid, watercolor-like skies
2. Strong silhouettes of saguaros or desert plants
3. Shooting during peak color (just before and after the sun dips)

For daytime desert scenes near places like Tucson International Airport, I focus on:

1. Textures of cacti, succulents, and dry-climate greenery
2. Including signs of life (roadrunners, lizards, etc.) for scale and story
3. Clean, uncluttered compositions to show off the Sonoran Desert forms

Would you like me to turn this into a step‑by‑step shooting checklist you can use in the field?