James Brew (www.jamesbrew.com)
Hope (www.jamesbrew.com)
The sun momentarily breaks through the sub-zero blizzard engulfing an isolated family of trees high up in the hills of the Isle of Man. It’s hard to convey just how brutal this blizzard really was but I had to shoot handheld straight into the blinding snow kneeling down on the ground for stability. I could only shoot for a few seconds at a time before the lens became encrusted in ice and the cold overwhelmed me. It isn’t cloud or mist filling the air in this shot, its snow whipped up by gale force winds. In all my years of doing photography on the island these conditions were some of the most extreme winter conditions I’ve ever experienced.
Most of my landscape photography is meticulously planned but sometimes things just happen that can’t be anticipated which can help take a photo to another level, and this is a perfect example of that. Never in a million years did I expect the sun to break through the blizzard, but the clouds mysteriously parted letting warm sunlight into the landscape if only for a split second. I got lucky with this one and I have to say its easily my own personal favourite photo of 2021 so far.
Please visit my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/jamesbrewphoto
Please visit www.jamesbrew.com for my website and full Portfolio.
Follow me on Instagram @ jamesbrewphoto
Hope (www.jamesbrew.com)
The sun momentarily breaks through the sub-zero blizzard engulfing an isolated family of trees high up in the hills of the Isle of Man. It’s hard to convey just how brutal this blizzard really was but I had to shoot handheld straight into the blinding snow kneeling down on the ground for stability. I could only shoot for a few seconds at a time before the lens became encrusted in ice and the cold overwhelmed me. It isn’t cloud or mist filling the air in this shot, its snow whipped up by gale force winds. In all my years of doing photography on the island these conditions were some of the most extreme winter conditions I’ve ever experienced.
Most of my landscape photography is meticulously planned but sometimes things just happen that can’t be anticipated which can help take a photo to another level, and this is a perfect example of that. Never in a million years did I expect the sun to break through the blizzard, but the clouds mysteriously parted letting warm sunlight into the landscape if only for a split second. I got lucky with this one and I have to say its easily my own personal favourite photo of 2021 so far.
Please visit my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/jamesbrewphoto
Please visit www.jamesbrew.com for my website and full Portfolio.
Follow me on Instagram @ jamesbrewphoto