@sarahyltonphoto

Sometimes that 4 am wake-up call makes all the other feeble and unsuccessful attempts worth it. Sometimes, but rarely, the groggy, I don't know whether it's going to rain or shine, lack of sleep, seeking that golden light landscape that can grasp even a fraction of the earth's magnificence, wake up call works out...as I said, rarely. *** The one thing I've learned for certain about the craft of photography over the years, the one thing, is that it's a continuous practice of surrender, surrender of control, of yourself to what the moment is sharing with you rather than what you think it should be, of outcome, and to the unpredictability of even the best laid out plans. But mostly, it's surrendering to failure, and trying anyway. *** I share this landscape made along the Ganges river just south of Devprayag in the hills of Uttarakhand, because for one moment, it felt as if the elements came together. As I said, rarely. Thank you to @shridhar_sudhir for all the early mornings during this trip, and to @dominiqueanneh for getting me out there. Photographed on assignment for @natgeo