3:30 am

in the bottle, costa rica, canon 20 d
i needed to leave by 3:30 am to get to the shoot on time.
i love hitting the road when no one else is awake ~ and chicago can seem
so unlike a major city at that time, more like a sleepy little town.
i made it home by 3:30pm and instantly fell asleep. . .
i love this kind of hard work. i love packing up the truck load of gear and working behind the scenes and learning something each and every time.
i love getting to meet people i would never have a chance to, and getting to
go to parts of buildings and museums that the general public doesnt have access to. (fulfills my trespassing needs) i love tweaking the light so it falls just slightly on the ear of the subject.
its labor intensive and its deeply creative and its exactly what i love to do.
and to see that photograph in a magazine at the end of all the hard work is
an extra cherry on the top of my sundae.
these days, especially with the difficult situation with the economy, i am truly grateful to have an opportunity to work and even more grateful that i get to love the work that i do.