The Iceman Cometh...

It's been dumping snow and freezing rain here in the Pacific Northwest for most of the past week, and with the way things are going we'll probably be dealing with yet another five or six day of snow and ice.

Photographically... Well... Not a whole lot has been going on. The weather has made travel in the Portland area kinda' nightmarish. And clients have been a bit reluctant to book even the smallest little shoot -- all because of the hazardous road conditions.

On the other hand, as someone who grew up in snowy Northern Michigan, this weather is just kinda' heavenly.

The snowman pictured above isn't really that great, and the photo's not all so hot either, though from a technique point of view it is sorta' interesting... Shot during the daytime (pretty close to noon) using a tungsten white balance on the camera to make the background go blue, and then stopped down heavily to lower the ambient level. A heavily snooted Vivitar 285 (with a full CTO gel) was then set a 1/16th power and aimed at the snowman from about two feet away.

I'll probably end up photographing more snowmen (and snowwomen) as the week progresses...