This image was shot in Karijini National Park, Western Australia. I live in Western Australia. However, the shoot location is 15 hour’s drive from my front door. Therefore, this image took quite a bit of planning and time before it was realised. The campsite we stayed in was 80km’s from Spa Pool. As I’ve never been a fan of composite images and prefer to capture all the data on location at the same time, I knew that the perfect time to shoot would be at around 2.30am. This meant an early night and so I went to bed at 7pm. After 5.5 hours of below par sleep, I was up. Everything had already been prepared but even so the first thought in my head is always ‘Am I mad?’. The answers always yes and then I set off regardless. 80 km’s of dodging roo’s later and I arrived at the site. 3 torches, 4 layers of warm clothing, 2 camera’s, 3 lenses, 2 tripods, remotes, tea, food, first aid kit, snake bite kit, batteries, cables etc etc – you don’t drive all that way at that time of night unprepared! Now it was shooting time – when I feel most alive. Test shots, checking my notes from my earlier daytime scout of the area the day before, finding compositions, treading carefully, and keeping an eye on a reddish glow to the sky to my North caused by a controlled burn. 2 hours later and I’m done, relaxing with a cup of tea under the glorious night sky. Was it worth it? Yes. This is my little creation. One that took a huge adventure to realise and that will live with me forever. Whilst most people sleep, there’s a select few who are very much awake…...