Last Saturday I got up bright and early to meet up with SJ, a gorgeous local model, to do some portraits at sunrise. Let me just say that it pains me to get up early on the weekends. I wake up at 3:30 five days a week, so I really appreciate my Saturday sleep ins. Even if that's only until 7:00.

But waking up early to work with SJ was definitely worth it. We found a field and a lake to shoot at with golden morning light and steam rolling off of the lake. Beautiful.

SJ was a fabulous model, and we spent equal parts of our time laughing and shooting. What I love most about SJ is her sense of adventure. Some models might think it's weird when I ask them to climb a tree, for instance, but not her. She just wanted to know which tree.

This was a quick little shoot due to the limited time frame that the lighting allowed, but it was a lot of fun. I can't wait to work with SJ again.

If you want to see the whole shoot you can find it at my website here.