Todd Hurley Photography
Peyto Lake Blues
Travel days are always difficult days for me to shoot and this day was no exception. Already jet lagged from being up since 3:45am (EST) to catch my 6am flight to Calgary, I felt like I was in a fog by the time we finally reached Banff and started hitting the lakes up the Icefields Parkway. Our goal was to shoot Peyto Lake at sunset, but we made a wrong turn coming out of Lake Louise and ended up on Trans-Canada Hwy 1, which took us west into British Columbia. It was about 30 minutes before we realized we were off course so Bill summoned his inner Dale Jr. to make up some time and get us back into the sunset race to Peyto (Bill’s “inner Dale Jr.” would make a few more appearances during the trip). We pulled into the parking area with no time to spare and all grabbed our gear and hit the trail running. More specifically, Mark, Tom and me did that. Bill, on the other hand, grabbed his gear, threw down a smoke bomb, and vanished into thin air like a ninja not to be seen again until we all met back at the van at the end of the shoot (this is another common occurrence if you ever shoot with Bill). As Mark, Tom, and myself ran up the trail, we started passing other photographers coming the opposite way. Crap. We missed the sunset. After a few more minutes of trail running, we made it to one of the rocky overlooks in the Bow Summit area that overlooked the dog-shaped Peyto Lake. We managed to catch the last glimmer of the fleeting sunset but better still, managed to catch our breaths for what felt like the fist time all day. As tired as I was, I managed to take in the gorgeous scenery before me. I took a few deep breaths and watched the distant color fade into blue. It helped wipe the slate of my mind clean from all the noise of the travel day and reset my psyche for the next couple of days to come. For this one, I have several compositions with the rocks in the foreground in both landscape and portrait/vertical orientations, but felt the balance of the layers worked best here in the vertical.
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Peyto Lake Blues
Travel days are always difficult days for me to shoot and this day was no exception. Already jet lagged from being up since 3:45am (EST) to catch my 6am flight to Calgary, I felt like I was in a fog by the time we finally reached Banff and started hitting the lakes up the Icefields Parkway. Our goal was to shoot Peyto Lake at sunset, but we made a wrong turn coming out of Lake Louise and ended up on Trans-Canada Hwy 1, which took us west into British Columbia. It was about 30 minutes before we realized we were off course so Bill summoned his inner Dale Jr. to make up some time and get us back into the sunset race to Peyto (Bill’s “inner Dale Jr.” would make a few more appearances during the trip). We pulled into the parking area with no time to spare and all grabbed our gear and hit the trail running. More specifically, Mark, Tom and me did that. Bill, on the other hand, grabbed his gear, threw down a smoke bomb, and vanished into thin air like a ninja not to be seen again until we all met back at the van at the end of the shoot (this is another common occurrence if you ever shoot with Bill). As Mark, Tom, and myself ran up the trail, we started passing other photographers coming the opposite way. Crap. We missed the sunset. After a few more minutes of trail running, we made it to one of the rocky overlooks in the Bow Summit area that overlooked the dog-shaped Peyto Lake. We managed to catch the last glimmer of the fleeting sunset but better still, managed to catch our breaths for what felt like the fist time all day. As tired as I was, I managed to take in the gorgeous scenery before me. I took a few deep breaths and watched the distant color fade into blue. It helped wipe the slate of my mind clean from all the noise of the travel day and reset my psyche for the next couple of days to come. For this one, I have several compositions with the rocks in the foreground in both landscape and portrait/vertical orientations, but felt the balance of the layers worked best here in the vertical.
Thanks for looking! I appreciate all your views, comments, and faves!