

We connected with @blxckmoonlilith many moons ago, I can't remember when exactly. Recently the opportunity for us to meeet came up and go for an adventure. We opted for an early morning hike as we all had plans for later in the day, lilith worked hard to find us, between an ailing Cellphone battery and google maps taking her to the wrong mountain trail parking lot, she made her way to our meeting point all smiles and relief that she had actually found us. We wasted no time and began our hike - a few Kms along the contour trail and then a steep-ish but well maintained trail up and across again to the next ravine, where we come upon a very sacred space, a beautiful old waterfall. Not dramatic in the sense of a large cascading waterfall - it is often, in the summer, no more than a green wall gently dripping - But dramatic in the way that time seems to stand still and stretches on forever in there. Just in the tiny nook of those large fallen trees and the magical mystical coolness of the water floating around you. Anyway I digress, lilith is a delightful mix of a sunny optimism with a dark and brooding sense of humour. We had good conversations on our way along the hike and by the time we hit the spot to shoot, we felt like we were old friends, Love it when that happens. Some other random hikers arrived moments after we did, ruining our plans to shoot at the waterfall itself, so we went off trail down the mountain a bit, following the water, only to find a second hidden little mossy waterfall thing. Quite magical actually. And some crazy big trees growing sideways out of the mountain slopes. For the next 2 hours, this was our playground. We played in the moss and water and found a cave and climbed some trees and it all felt like it was only one blip in time. But before we knew it, we had been up there for hours and Ash had an appointment! We dressed, and made our way back up to the original waterfall, squeezed in a cheeky 5min shoot there because its too pretty to miss altogether, and then sprinted back down the mountain, along the contour path and back to the cars. Breathless but elated, we said our goodbyes and made plans to meeet again soon! As we climbed into our car, the low cloud turned to rain and we drove away totally thrilled about the magical morning in that mystical space with an absolute gem of a human. Much love for @blxckmoonlilith for sharing this adventure with us. Hope you enjoy the photos! xxx