"Frosted Tips" (January 2023)
While I maintain the opinion that you can make a good photograph any day of the year -- or time of day for that matter -- when it comes to winter the most exciting time to go out photographing is definitely right after a fresh snowfall, especially when the precipitation is sticky and the wind is low, leaving the tree branches smothered in snow.
One of the exciting things about winter compared to the other seasons, is the unpredictable schedule for optimal conditions. In Fall, we have a general idea when peak foliage will hit. In Spring it's the same with the timeline for when the trees will bud and the flowers will bloom. And while you can make plenty of quality photographs before and after optimal conditions, those peak days come and go. But in winter, there is no set schedule. You never know when the next storm is around the corner, so that excitement lasts all season.
I made this photograph here on a walk with the baby at a nearby pond the morning after a particularly sticky snowstorm. While the skies were initially clouded over, by the time we got back to the car the sun had broken through and a lot of the snow was falling down from the branches.
"Frosted Tips" (January 2023)
While I maintain the opinion that you can make a good photograph any day of the year -- or time of day for that matter -- when it comes to winter the most exciting time to go out photographing is definitely right after a fresh snowfall, especially when the precipitation is sticky and the wind is low, leaving the tree branches smothered in snow.
One of the exciting things about winter compared to the other seasons, is the unpredictable schedule for optimal conditions. In Fall, we have a general idea when peak foliage will hit. In Spring it's the same with the timeline for when the trees will bud and the flowers will bloom. And while you can make plenty of quality photographs before and after optimal conditions, those peak days come and go. But in winter, there is no set schedule. You never know when the next storm is around the corner, so that excitement lasts all season.
I made this photograph here on a walk with the baby at a nearby pond the morning after a particularly sticky snowstorm. While the skies were initially clouded over, by the time we got back to the car the sun had broken through and a lot of the snow was falling down from the branches.