We had a perfect evening to shoot Waterfall bridge: it was cool, but not too cold, there was no wind, there were only a few inches of snow on the carriage roads so the walk in was pleasant and it wasn’t snowing. Twenty three people made the mile-long hike to Waterfall bridge. There was still a large amount of ice in the falls, and the water was pouring down. Good thing we had the walkie talkies to communicate over the noise!

The preshot:

I went down by the stream to set up my camera, and then climbed back up to greet people. We split into three groups: behind the bridge lighting the falls, to the left of the bridge, and to the right. We safely got everyone in place and then took a few shots. We had to rearrange a few folks and lights, but overall, the shoot went smoothly.

Here’s the final shot:

I took another video after we captured the shot. Click on video to play:

We took the group shot on top of the bridge. It was too treacherous with ice, snow and rushing water to try and get everyone under the bridge. Four new light painters joined the project. John won the raffle, a print of Eagle Lake (which he ran out and framed)!

Brenda baked a new recipe, cheesecake brownies, which were a big hit.

On the walk out, some of us were looking towards our next shoot, the last in the series, and reminiscing about the project. It’s been quite a journey, this painting bridges project!

The light painters: