PHOTOGRAPHY IN WINTER
Photography during the winter months is both challenging and exhilarating. Some aspects of taking pictures are easier while other aspects are exponentially more difficult, particularly …
WINTER
SIGNS IN THE SKY
The full moon of December, sometimes called “The Full Cold Moon”, has just passed a couple of days ago. In a real rarity for where …
PREPARING FOR WINTER STORMS
Both of my parents were children of the Great Depression, growing up on farms in Northern New York. Both families had been farmers for generations. …
THE FIRST SNOW
In the place where I currently live, far Upstate New York, the first measurable snow in the year can occur at any time in the …
A LATE WINTER CAMP
Recently I had the opportunity to gather with several friends in a late winter camp. This has been an annual event for many years with …
WANDERING THE WOODS, ONE WINTER AFTERNOON
There is a remarkable lack of snow this winter in the area where I live. Only about 2 feet of snow has fallen in total, …
READING THE WINTER OUTDOORS
Sometimes during the winter we want to go outdoors and engage in some kind of activity but it is impossible. Perhaps the temperature is dangerously …
GEAR FOR A WINTER WALK
Winter is a great time to be outside. The first reason is that there are no bugs! No snakes, either. Seriously, winter is a wonderful …
THE FIRST REAL SNOWFALL
As winter approaches and temperatures drop, sometimes we get what I like to call “nuisance snow”. That’s when about an inch of snow falls and …
CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS
The Winter Solstice has passed recently. That means we can look ahead to three months of winter. While it may be a period of the …
WINTER PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS
Where I live there is a joke that we have “11 months of winter and 1 month of bad sledding”. Of course, that’s not true …
CAMARADERIE
What would possess a man to hike through the snow, pulling a sled with several days worth of gear and provisions, only to end up …