I wanted to begin diving into the world of Unreal Engine—exploring the power of it even just as a render engine. These landscapes are all from the incredible demo level, Digital Dreams.

I spent my time here wandering, taking an almost street photography approach to capturing the nature and playing exclusively with cinematography settings to get the lensing and quality of the images similar to my own physical photography.

Once I arrived at a “camera body” I was happy with, I leaned into Unreal Engine’s incredible lighting systems to set a cinematic mood that felt narrative in its presentation.