An adventure filled day in Saratoga Springs, NY was quite the success! I haven’t been this happy about how each and every photo came out from a shoot in a while. The difference between going on an adventure and bringing my camera along from a planned out shoot, is the amount of freedom I have in shooting. During a job for a client or even a model shoot, there is normally a theme or some sort of purpose. I do have a wide range of creative freedom, but its important for me to stay on task and get the shots I need to, also. While on an adventure, there are no set expectations. I am able to become fully spontaneous and only take pictures of things that I want to. It is an amazing exercise to create art out of essentially nothing. Making the ordinary extraordinary is honestly something that I LIVE FOR.

One of the unique parts of this adventure was exploring a part of Saratoga that I had never been before. Normally when I think of Saratoga, I think of downtown with all of the busyness. This walking path was right next to there, but still seemed tucked away and separate from the small city. It felt like a completely different world and the more you looked and ventured off the path and the more amazing it became. There were many spots on the path that I would have had no idea that they existed if I didn’t take the time to explore a little bit deeper. On a normal day I would have passed right on by and never would have been able to take in all that I could.