This week I took a walk in the snow. Well actually this week there was little but choice – it was walk in the snow or not walk at all. The nice thing about snow is that we don’t see a lot of it where I live. That does not mean I am against snow, what it means is that snow transforms what it falls on and it is nice for these sudden changes in the world to not become routine. If I had a lot of snow I may not notice the subtle changes it brings to the world around me so readily. So I welcome snow. It gives me a chance to review my world with a fresh set of eyes. This is a good thing to do and a recommend exercise for anyone. Take a look at something you see regularly and try to review as if you had never seen it before. Its a good creative exercise and may help you come up with some good ideas.
Near me there is a park that I sort of do not use a lot. Its mostly an open space used by people playing football. During this walk I entered it and noticed that the snow was untouched and perfect. I also could not help notice how snow changed the light, shadows and contrast. In this park there is a line of trees so being a sucker for perspective shots I started to take a series of photographs, playing with focal point and light as I did. So far so good.
When I reviewed my photographs I noticed that with a bit of cropping and a bit of adjustment I could create a series of images that went could expand along the view and also move from mono to colour in a near painted style.
So I worked up the images.
Then noticed that they would make a good set and maybe even a T-Shirt design.
All this from a walk in the snow.
The first image (part 3) is already up on m gallery and is available now. Over the next couple of days. This is the one that I feel is the strongest of the 3. It has a touch of snow other worldliness and also the ordinary creeps in too and I like this balance. When I finish the final compilation and T shirt design I’ll talk about the process behind these too.
In the meantime I hop you like Aspects of Winter. Click here to view it.