“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a

simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person”

― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

As many of you know, we got covered in a very heavy snow fall this weekend (1/17-1/19). I knew it would be a perfect weekend for photos, But I wasn't sure what I would be looking for. I was thinking of the several locations around the seacoast that would be beautiful to photograph especially with the natural snow globe effect. What I wasn't thinking about was the roads. They ended up being to icy to really go anywhere! So I declared myself "snowed in" and starting brainstorming new photo ideas.

I started with taking 10 shots of my green tea smoking from the hot liquid(thats proof above). I then realized there is no good way to make tea look good and I would just have to bundle up and face the snow. 

2 Sweaters, 1 jacket, pair of snow pants,mittens and a hat later; I was finally ready. I wasn't sure what to photograph, I mean everything with snow on it is naturally beautiful but I was bored of just going to a location, taking a photo, going home and uploading it. I wanted to experience this snow storm the best I could.

I took pictures of roads, trees lined with a white coat, I captured the roaring sunset behind the snowbanks. The more time I spent out there, the more I got into that "little kid happiness" that gets created after a big snowfall. I heard laughter echoing from the neighbors, the sounds of snowballs flying through the air and the sounds of shovels scraping against the ground to clear paths for their morning routines.

After a while I brought the camera back inside and wandered back out. Then after about 12 years, I made a (very poorly done) snowman and even entered a snowball fight. I realized that snow storms are so much more than perfect nature photo ops for photographers that witness them. With snowstorms you capture a perfect place for a snow fort, the battle fields of a snow ball fight, and the base of a snow man.

I've learned that even though I only got a handful of "post worthy photos" I understand what snow fall really means to every generation. I loved being "snowed in" this weekend, and I would do it all over again during the next snow storm! I hope everyone had a wonderful, safe weekend! If you have any fun memories from this snowy weekend, please comment them below! I would love to read about them :).

http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/sets/72157639949253464/

^ You can see some more photos I took by looking at the exclusive set I made to go along with this blog on my flickr!