BUNTZEN LAKE

Shot on EOSR + DJI RSC2

 On one of the many rainy days of December, I packed a rain jacket for myself and my camera and headed to the most iconic boathouse in the Pacific Northwest - a white-walled shack set on the quiet shores of Buntzen Lake. This reservoir lake nested below Eagle Mountain was once named Lake Beautiful before becoming the centrepiece of a hydroelectric power plant in 1914.

I've always found Buntzen Lake more picturesque under the rain. It's a combination of the fog setting up on the horizon once the sun hides behind the mountains and the surrounding woods' everlasting green.

That morning, I got it all; the snow-speckled mountain peaks, and the raindrops on the lake and the thick fog dancing through the tall trees. I had photographed that place several times through the season but never spend time filming it.

I wanted slow and long shots to represent the peacefulness of these shores. Although it was Sunday morning, the rain had scattered most of the visitors away, and I found myself alone - wandering those woods that bore the same tones of Northern British Columbia's Rainforest. Once back in the editing software, I made two versions, one colour, one black and white and sat on it for a while - asking for opinions around me. Which one depicted this place the best. The colour version won over the monochrome one.