Mystical Meadows by Lizzy Gadd

Mystical Meadows by Lizzy Gadd

My latest self portrait taken the other day during a 4-day trekking / camping adventure in the Canadian Rockies with a wonderful group of 12 other friends and photographers. The night before this, we went to sleep to the sound of crashing thunder and heavy rain on the tents… And knowing that storms usually lead to a magical weather window, I mentally prepared for an early wake-up the next day. Sure enough, by 5am my partner and I peeked out of the tent to see our surroundings shrouded in calm dreamy fog. 😍 We scrambled to get up, make coffee and quickly pack up our camera gear without waking up the rest of our group (easier said than done – sorry everyone for the constant tent zipping sounds, heh heh). Then we hiked a little ways up the mountain with our coffees, stopping at Aurora Lake for sunrise, when I saw this foggy meadow next to it and the inspiration came to take this self portrait. It was a little rushed as the fog was burning off fast with the rising sun, but this morning will go down as one of my favourites of the summer… Aye indeed, summer in these mountains has completely captured my heart. ♥ (except for the millions of mosquitoes… the mosquitoes have not captured my heart 😂)

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