While in San Francisco we left the park at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge and wound around windy roads on our way to a really beautiful sandy beach that Matt had heard about for more photos. We passed this grove of trees and immediately Brandon and I had a vision. These trees would be a perfect backdrop to a moody, nature photo.

We parked and ran across big fields to get to these trees. I hid behind a tree close to Emily and Matt pointing our speed light at them. (Sometimes I should be wearing tree colored camo.) Brandon stood far away yelling directions…”a little to the left, now walk, look at him, did the flash go off?” We could barely hear him. We were actually cracking up wondering what he was saying. In the end it was worth the detour and all of the “what?!, what’s hollered back and forth.
This photo is cool before editing but after Brandon’s mad skills it’s truly amazing!