One Road- Ariann Mieka

When I scroll through my archives, I see so many images that I want to share. I remember the story that is behind every shoot and enjoy the memories that surface while looking through the images. I’ve decided to do a series on my blog where I feature a few of these images that people may have never seen, along with any stories from the shoot. I’m going to start off this series with a memorable shoot that I did in 2012. Four of us hiked into the forest in Chaguaramas , Trinidad to get to the the gorge where I wanted to do this particular shoot for the Harmony series . My model R was a trooper as she easily climbed over fallen trees and crawled over boulders as we excitedly traversed the overgrown trail. The spot was just as beautiful as I remembered and I quickly got to work applying the paint and abeer on R as we hung out and munched on our snacks. When R’s paint job was complete we climbed into the water and she posed among the rocks as we made our way to the end of the narro...

Verse and I love hiking to waterfalls so naturally that was a must on our list of what to do in Cyprus . We set off towards the Troodos Mountains, which boasts many wonderful trails like the one that was highlighted in my Lonely Planet guidebook. The Kaledonia nature trail is found within the state forest– the Troodos National Forest Park. The main attraction of this trail is the Waterfall that’s found 1 km in. The winding trail that takes you along the Kourris River was spectacular and although the vegetation was not as green and lush, it reminded me of hiking at home in Trinidad and Tobago . When we got to the waterfall, Verse didn’t miss a beat as he immediately began peeling off clothes to head into the water. I of course had to take photos and I wandered about as he practically ran under the 15m of cascading water. To get under the fall was pretty easy as it wasn’t a deep pool to swim through. Instead you walked through very shallow water and over small jagge...