While winter photography is sometimes a peaceful experience, many of the photos in this portfolio were created during active snowstorms, ranging from a sprinkling of flakes gently falling from the sky to intense, blizzardy conditions. During the best moments, these windy conditions can whip powdery snow into the air, creating a hazy veil of sparkles and the appearance of drifting fog.
With the bright whites and blues of snow blanketing mountains, meadows, and trees, and soft clouds easing the light toward gentleness, the winter landscape often looks like a sea of pleasant pastels spread out in front of me, even if the weather—the wind, the blowing snow, and the very cold temperatures—make the experiences themselves intense and quite unpleasant at times. Putting aside the intermittent sound of the wind whisking through the trees and snow pelting my sore, reddened face, the feeling of being enveloped in such a quiet landscape is the thread I followed as I created the photos in this portfolio.
