When I rolled out of bed on Tuesday I noticed it was snowing, again! The snow was barely clinging to the branches, scattered in the grass and covering the roads. It was one of those powdered sugar snows, changing from sleet to small flakes as the temperatures would rise and fall a few degrees here and there. To be honest I am about done with snow this winter, but I knew this snow would be fleeting memory by the afternoon because of the rising temperatures.
I love being outdoors, so a hike was in order to capture some of this winter beauty before it faded away.
If you haven't noticed by now, I am a detail oriented photographer. Some photographers are great at capturing the grand vistas that surround us; I am more interested in the fine details that we have around us all the time, but never stop to see on a daily basis. I have this same thought process when photographing people... it is the details that make things interesting.
The hike started out on your normal snow covered pathway- full of dirt, matted grasses ice and puddles. As I approached a copse of trees I started looking around for something to photograph. For some reason I looked down at the ground and then realized I was walking on these amazingly complex modern art paintings!
The whole time I was taking these photographs, all I could think about was Jackson Pollock.
What I have been enjoying with my digital camera, is the ability to choose either color or black and white. This is part of yet another direction for me in my work, the ability to shoot color or black and white in the same setting.
The photo below was the final image of the day. I was amongst a small grove of pines, and this little oak leaf was holding onto just a little bit of snow. It was a great moment for all the senses as I was making this photograph. I jotted down these words:
"Pine needles, warming earth, the ping of perfect snowflakes as they hit my jacket. Cardinals chirping, the wind whispers as it lightly blows through the branches of awakening trees. Lake ice is melting, soon it will be spring. "
enjoy,
steve
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