Our rental was in the middle of the Neversink area. When Alexis looked up the the rental she said there was a waterfall nearby. The only one I found when searching for photos nearby was about ankle high. Luckily I was COMPLETELY wrong! Mullet Falls was the perfect waterfall for photography adventures, and the paths around it were delightful.

While slathering sunblock and bug spray on ourselves at the trail head, we chatted with Winston, a friendly fellow with a whole huge herd of dogs. We caught up to him later at the waterfall and the skill he had in wrangling the pack was just amazing!

Taking photos at the waterfall was a blast. Alexis was great at standing still while I got some slower shutter shots and the folks who hiked up were great sports about the whole thing. It might feel awkward to change into a dress and hop around in the water, but the thing I’ve learned so far is that if you’re brave enough to do it, most people get a kick out of it.

My main outlet to share images has been through Instagram. I don’t like facebook, I’m terrible at updating my portfolio site and for some reason Flickr just doesn’t strike me the same way it used to. So, a new venture. I figure I’ll share images and some behind-the-scenes context on this site. Finally free of Instagram’s weird cropping! Who knows if I’ll get any views over here, but I’ll experiment with it for a bit and see where it takes me.

As Alexis was a part of what got my whole photography journey re-started, it seems appropriate that my first write-up here is inspired by her recent visit to the East Coast. We’ve both been experimenting with photography more and more lately, and it was wonderful to have a partner in crime to play around with. I picked her up at the airport, after one of the most beautiful sunrises I’ve had the mis-fortune to be behind the wheel for (and thus unable to capture). Sister successfully scooped up, we headed off to the lower Catskills. Our Airb’n’b hosts said we could check in as early as we liked, but when we arrived in the area at around 8AM, that felt a little too early so we wandered around for a bit. We found a lake that we intended to return to for some canoe rentals and a road in a ‘multi use area’ full of green fields and high power lines. With yet more time to kill before we could reasonably check in, I threw on a red dress and tried not to twist my ankle running around the rocky road. This seemed like a great place to test out my new 100-400mm lens. As jet-lagged as she was, Alexis was still a good sport in trying to make an unfamiliar set up work for her.

Finally it was time to check in, so off to our home for the next few nights!