The project is at the halfway point! Eight bridges and one gatehouse to complete the project. I’m hopeful for continued good weather and community support, both are essential for the April deadline. This project has turned me into a part-time weather bug meteorologist, watching the doppler radar to determine if it will be raining 2 hours before the shoot. As it turned out the rain had mostly passed by the time the shoot was scheduled. Basically it was soggy and foggy, which made for a great little waterfall under the bridge. The riverbed was completely dry two weeks earlier when we did the scouting trip.

Here’s the pre shot.

There was a fantastic turnout for our first Saturday afternoon, given the soggy, foggy weather with 19 light painters including 6 new folks. Tom rode his bike with an attached wagon carrying the treats and extra flashlights. I was trying to capture the environment surrounding the bridge, so there were lots of light painters in the forest lighting trees and some lighting the waterfall too. After a few tweaks to compensate for different lights and the fog diffusing the light, here’s the final image we were able to create.

The light painters with some fog in the shot.

We all enjoyed Brenda’s raspberry thumbprint cookies, my special request. And boy did those cookies go fast – no extra to take home. Matt was the second name drawn and won the raffle of Jordan Pond Gatehouse print, the first person drawn wasn’t there this time.