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I gotta say this may very well be one of the toughest, e-sessions yet. First let me rewind a bit and set the stage. Up here in PA we have had a huge amount of rain come through. I had to cancel one shoot (which I hate with a passion to do), dodge a bullet with my sat. wedding, which was outside (it rained just before and then just after. phewww!) So when I wake up Sunday and see clear skies I’m literally yelling, pumping my fist in the air.
Some of you may have heard about my excitement for this shoot on my facebook page or twitter. Because we were going to go shoot at Bushkill Falls, the Niagara of Pennsylvania. Let me just say to the photographers reading this, scouting your location is extremely helpful. In this case had I done that, I would have known that you don’t just walk up to the waterfalls, instead you have over 150 feet of vertical drop to get down to the falls. You accomplish this by navigating a complex network of wooden bridges and stairs that I swear were constructed by Ewoks, because the whole thing looked like their village from Star Wars.
The great part about the wooden labyrinth of stairs is that everything was drenched, soaking wet.
Wood + (Water x 10)= Slippery & Muddy.
The icing on the cake was the nice lady who sold me the ticket saying (…when I came 30 min early)
“You arrived just in time there is a big school field trip coming through in 25 min so you can beat the crowd.”
But hey Im not the only one that had to deal with stuff. Jennifer and Michael were equally surprised when they showed up in white pants
White + Wet Muddy Wood = Extreme caution
and Jennifer was followed the whole time by admiring bees who must have know she was allergic because when I doused myself with her hairspray to lure them away they still followed her.
So all in all it was still a blast. Even on a tough day you can’t go wrong spending it taking pictures of 2 people in love. And on the bright side we didn’t run into the bear that the other hikers saw on the path that we were on. Enjoy the pictures I will be posting the Guest Signature Book from them soon
-Mike
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