Me and my brother went to Guatemala, and in addition to creating photo essays and mini-documentaries on indigenous organizations, we spent some time at Hobbitenango, where we got stuck at the top of the mountain in a storm for many hours. I captured the storm rolling in from one of the hobbit homes available to visit. Using the round door as a frame for the photo was unique and added an element to an otherwise ordinary landscape photo.

I used my Canon R6 with an RF-EF mount adapter and an EF 24-70mm F4 L lens. I shot at ISO 100 to avoid any grains in the shadows, with an aperture of f/8, allowing most everything in the frame to be in focus. I shot with a shutter speed of 1/250 seconds because I was shooting handheld and wanted to avoid motion blur.

I edited the photo in Adobe Lightroom, emphasizing the blues and greens while darkening the shadows to contrast the doorframe and landscape.