The Next Step and Further Reading
I’d recommend you take a camera with you even when you’re out on a normal day so that you can take a picture of that amazing sunset or pollution haze, depending on where you live. As before, collect as much reference material as possible should you wish to recreate it in 3D in order that you have a better understanding of the effect when you get the images back to the studio. Also, take a pencil and paper out so that you can make notes about the effect while you are viewing it. Alternatively, if you’ve a small digital video camera, you could just give a quick running dialog of the effect on what is happening. You may look like an idiot, but if it can help you re-create that effect better later on, five minutes ...
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