The lights are on, but nobodies home.

Shooting in the desert at night is a mixture of trepidation, excitement and at times frustration. A landscape photographers biggest enemy is the wind. this is especially true if you are doing long exposures. Even with a tripod weighted down, a strong enough gust can move the camera and ruin the image, and of course, the longer the exposure, the more likely the ruin and lots of swearing. Having said that it was far worse with a large format film camera and flappy bellows!

There is a feeling in the desert at night like nowhere else, a large open and silent space where anything could be lurking in the shadows. So imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon a toilet with the lights on…