I've long wanted to do a floating balloon shot.  The idea came to me during a recent photo shoot in Naperville but why use a Naperville landscape when I was about to go on vacation where there were far more interesting scenes.  I photographed the model and balloons near home.  I had her on a hill so I was looking up at her and we took many photos of her jumping with the balloons.  I had to combine two to achieve what you see in this image.

The landscape is the Badlands National Park in South Dakota.  It seemed the perfect landscape.  Dramatic, contrasting with her outfit and balloons and unwelcoming enough to offer a sense of anxiety at the thought of being carried over them by a bundle of balloons.

This also fits with the fear of heights I mentioned last post and my fears while at the badlands.  What are you afraid of?