All summer I have been unemployed, and in the last couple weeks that changed from no job, to one full time, and one part time (and a heck of a lot of training). Foreseeing a busy fall working both jobs I jumped on a plane taking a last minute trip to Victoria BC to visit friends, take pictures, and have the craziest sleep patterns of my life before starting my 9-5.
I mention sleeping because this photoshoot started by getting to the park before sunrise (out of bed, sorry off of couch, by 5:15 am) after retiring for the night 3 hours previous. Another interesting anecdote about my abuse of my body’s internal clock includes falling asleep on the BC ferry from Tswwassen to Victoria and being awoken by a staff member after the whole boat had been vacated. (If you haven’t been reading the blog too long and enjoy quietly laughing to yourself about my miseries check out Saltspring Stumble)

Shooting sunrises compared to sunsets is always an interesting change. Setting up in the dark instead of packing up in the dark, leaving the shoot to go home as people wake up. In Victoria I found most times I got myself out of bed early enough I was rewarded handsomely with a spectacular sunrise, and shooting with Kyla was no exception.

If the name Kyla rings a bell then props on having a sharp eye. I shot previously with her at the infamous piano (Picture of her in the ‘people’ section of my portfolios) Thanks so much to her for sacrificing sleep before a day at work to make this shoot happen, and for putting up with me asking her to run back and forth on each feature several times.

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