This lake side photo was shot more than an hour before sunrise at Beauvert Lake in Jasper, Alberta. The lights which illuminated the path behind the camera create a strange contrast of colours against the moonlit mountains in the distance. Even the trees halfway across the lake are illuminated by the lights on shore visible to the camera only with an extremely high ISO setting and long exposure. Shot while most people are still asleep and dreaming this image appears more dream like than natural.
While the process of travel itself remains as painful as ever I still very much appreciate that through travel we are able to experience other places and people. As travelers we pass through airports, seaports, train stations and bus stations on our way to and from places a far. While passing through these hubs is not uncommon to find people excited, laughing, crying, running, sleeping, and doing just about anything else you can imagine. While we seldom meet many if any of our fellow travelers during our brief passages through these hubs but we all share a common bond as “travelers”.
Seeing people in motion, coming and going at transportation hubs is always intriguing to me. I guess I am curious where they are going and what they are doing there. I have tried many times to capture “travel” in a photograph but I feel none of my images do it as well as this one.
This photo of people silhouetted by the daylight through the large glass wall behind them leaves you to wonder who they are and where they are going or even imagine you are one of them. It could be any where, any time, and anyone but they are clearly traveling.
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