Two people and a mountain at sunset
a mountain ridge, a valley
They wrote to me in the spring with one request: no guests, no schedule, a mountain. We agreed on an evening in autumn, when the light is low and the ridge is empty.
High ground is hard to photograph because everything is far away. The job is to find the one thing that is close, a hand, a veil, a step, and wait for it.
We drove most of the way up and walked the last twenty minutes. The ceremony took five minutes, after which they asked for a dance, so we gave them the next hour.
Dancing in the grass
There was no music and a lot of wind. She lifted her skirt, he turned her under his arm, and I changed almost nothing between frames except where I stood.
After the light
When the sun went behind the hill we stopped chasing it and looked for what was left: the valley in haze, the two of them as shapes.
We were back at the car with the heater on before it was fully dark. The drive down was quiet, and the photographs were still warm.
Credits
This is sample content for the Second Shooter template. The story is invented, and the photographs are Pexels photos, listed below with their photographers, so each caption describes only what is in the picture.
Featured photograph, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
A kiss on the ridge with the sun behind the hills, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
A slow dance in the grass, her gown full of wind, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
He turns her under his arm, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
She stands in the grass with her gown spread while he looks to the hill, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
Her hand on the back of his neck, seen from behind, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
An embrace on a bare slope with the moon above, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
He looks out at the hills with his jacket over his shoulder, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
The two of them a little apart on a layered ridge, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
The valley in haze after the sun left, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
Last frame: two silhouettes against a red horizon, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
They wrote to me in the spring with one request: no guests, no schedule, a mountain. We agreed on an evening in autumn, when the light is low and the ridge is empty.
High ground is hard to photograph because everything is far away. The job is to find the one thing that is close, a hand, a veil, a step, and wait for it.
We drove most of the way up and walked the last twenty minutes. The ceremony took five minutes, after which they asked for a dance, so we gave them the next hour.
Dancing in the grass
There was no music and a lot of wind. She lifted her skirt, he turned her under his arm, and I changed almost nothing between frames except where I stood.
After the light
When the sun went behind the hill we stopped chasing it and looked for what was left: the valley in haze, the two of them as shapes.
We were back at the car with the heater on before it was fully dark. The drive down was quiet, and the photographs were still warm.
Credits
This is sample content for the Second Shooter template. The story is invented, and the photographs are Pexels photos, listed below with their photographers, so each caption describes only what is in the picture.
Featured photograph, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
A kiss on the ridge with the sun behind the hills, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
A slow dance in the grass, her gown full of wind, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
He turns her under his arm, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
She stands in the grass with her gown spread while he looks to the hill, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
Her hand on the back of his neck, seen from behind, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
An embrace on a bare slope with the moon above, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
He looks out at the hills with his jacket over his shoulder, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
The two of them a little apart on a layered ridge, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
The valley in haze after the sun left, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
Last frame: two silhouettes against a red horizon, Alexander Mass, Pexels licence
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