On this day we were so tired when done. The idea was to do a shoot at a waterfall but situation beyond our control when we both arrived at the location we couldn’t get in. It was a 1 hour drive to the fall so it was a bit disappointing. That didn’t stop us as we had to revert to plan b. Plan B entails driving another 45 mins to another location. We got to the location and it was so nice out we did 2 outfits. I had flash, a soft box and a light stand plus hauling other equipment back and fort. It is never about just pushing a shutter but positioning the model and getting your lighting right. Each time you change position or move your model you have to lift and carry the entire light and stand to put it where desired. We summed up the shoot in about 1.5 hour. When we were about to leave i got a text from a friend who managed to be somewhere and it was so beautiful he sent me a picture and the location. It had a mini fall. The model had another suited outfit so we decided to go just in time for sunset. Little did we know it would be a hike. The drive was another 30 mins. We got to the entrance of the location but realized there wasn’t any parking or way to get in but only by foot. We drove around for another 10 mins until we stumbled upon a Hospital and we found 2 parking spots limited to 2 hours. Now we look lost because this place doesn’t look like any waterfall would be anywhere close to here since it’s a busy town with a whole lot of buildings. We saw people walking so we followed suit and about couple blocks down out of nowhere i saw woods with a hill to climb. I had no idea that the walk would be that long.
Anyway i like adventure and i really didn’t mind plus i needed the workout. I had all the equipment walking with and i had already bent my mind on just getting it over and done with. We got through climbing the hill and at this point my knees, legs, and shoulders were crying and putting up white flags. I couldn’t let it be known as the model gracefully did her thing like it’s a regular occurrence so if i should stop at this point i would be see as a BIG chicken. Now it’s time to descend. I tried everything to try and make a short cut somewhere because they had to be a way to reach this fall quicker. lol. But we followed the dirt track behind 2 ladies we had asked for direction. Finally we made it to the bottom and this place was just a beautiful secluded park, people jogging, picnicking, walking their dogs and just hanging out. You would not have known that something like that was sitting back there. The walking didn’t stop there as we had to walk for another 20 minutes until we came up on this beautiful river with such a nice scenery. The entire time i was thinking to myself, “oh lordt we have to do this again on the way back.” When we got there i guess we both were so excited we went straight into shooting. We got done in 45 minutes both tired and hungry and trying to bend our mind about the walk back. I can tell you them legs of mine started knocking even before we started the hill and by the time we made it to the hill they started giving up. We pushed through and i have never been so excited in my life to see my car. Overall it was a productive day, an eventful one and a great shoot.