Wood Nymphs
October 19th, 2007
I’m just back from a quick trip to West By God Virginia to do this photo. My friend, Ralph Barker, stopped by for a visit this summer on his way to West Virginia to do some photography. When he posted a photo of this waterfall that he had shot I had to ask where it was located. Turns out it is in Blackwater Falls State Park. I’ve been to that park dozens of times, but had never been to this “other” waterfall. I told Ralph that there was something missing from his shot and I thought I was going to have to see what I could do to add the missing element.
So I loaded Gaea http://www.modelmayhem.com/member.php?id=220390 into my truck and drove six hours to the park, arriving at midnight. Then we got up at 6 a.m. and soon West Virginia native Virginia Red http://www.modelmayhem.com/member.php?id=87692 joined us and we hiked to the waterfall just as the sun was coming up. The temperature was around 60 degrees…a little warmer than the forecast had predicted.
After a couple hours of shooting we had breakfast at the lodge and Gaea and I piled back into the truck for the six-hour drive back home. So in a 23 hour period I drove 12 hours, slept 6 hours and shot for 2 hours. A long day, but I think it was well worth it. Both models are beautiful and very talented. They really worked hard to help me get this and quite a few more photos. It was actually one of the best shoots I’ve ever had.
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