The Undergrowth (mostly)

December 15, 2014December 15, 2014 | drawandshoot

Snowshoes and late afternoon.

[Just before the sun slipped its hands over the horizon it reached out for the undergrowth and the tiny transparent seed pods (wild mustard, maybe?) caught my eye as they were momentarily lit up like mini lightsabers. At first I dismissed these images but when I came back to them they seemed to have a real sense of the intimacy and magic of the woods in late day.]

(F)light at Dusk

December 11, 2014December 11, 2014 | drawandshoot

Another one of those magnanimous birds of winter.

Tangled

December 8, 2014December 8, 2014 | drawandshoot

A place to return to when more snow is falling, or has fallen (soon). I love the unkempt wildness here.

The Jagged Edges of Winter

December 2, 2014 | drawandshoot

It seems the river has been pitching itself against the shoreline in the cold and wind, frosting whatever it could manage to touch before its own edges are too frozen to move. Unfortunately, by the time I managed to get out the light was very dull, but at the moment there is new snow falling, and by morning the landscape will be transformed again. These fringes of the seasons can be so fleeting.

Sketches in Silver and Gold

November 24, 2014November 24, 2014 | drawandshoot

Just a couple of days with warmer temperatures and the earth has gobbled up all the snow. It won’t be long before the landscape is blanketed in white again but in the meantime we are back to silver and gold. I made these photographs yesterday from the passenger seat of a car. The skies were a heavy grey but I love these moody colours of autumn.

Sketching Snowfall at Twilight

November 20, 2014November 24, 2014 | drawandshoot

The twilight comes so early. The origami days will keep folding up tighter for another month. A month before the light begins to stretch back out. And with a bit of snow on the landscape it doesn’t seem so long, really.

[These photographs were made at dusk by ‘sketching’ the landscape using long exposures and camera movement.]

Winter Dance

November 17, 2014November 24, 2014 | drawandshoot

Here we go. The first real snow came today. I couldn’t resist going out to watch the landscape brighten as the snow sifted down. It wasn’t too cold, either. Just warm enough for fingerless mittens and standing still while the chickadees dance at your fingertips.