This morning I had no clue what to shoot. I knew I had to shoot something in the morning because the rest of my day was stacked up and there would be no opportunity to shoot once I pulled into work. I have a go/no-go mark for shooting that is purely subjective to my mood more than anything else. It is the point just before the on-ramp to I-95 South in Maine. It's bunk as I could easily find some other areas to shoot once I make it across the bridge to New Hampshire, but for me that's my point. There is an old telcom building that is just before this on-ramp, in fact, the entrance to its parking lot is the last possible turn before the on-ramp which is only about 200 feet further down the road. I pulled into that parking lot today. I figured I would do some kind of contrasty shot of something projecting through the snow, be it a large blade of grass, a branch, weeds, etc. There was this path through the snow leading right out of the parking lot that I figured was some kind of blessing because a) it wasn't my path and b) I could easily shoot this from the parking lot.

Its really tough to shoot snow once the sun has come up. Today was no different. I imagine I will have a similar problem in the desert when we head out to Arizona, though sand presents more problems besides color casts.

We have a a potentially big storm coming tonight/tomorrow. I am usually opposed to taking any kind of photos in a snowstorm. I don't mind the snow on the camera gear, its the flakes that really pollute the photo. After viewing some stunning snow shots out here in the galleries and on other sites, I think I might give it a try tomorrow. My ride back from work this evening was spent trying to identify a "contrasty location" to shoot. I hope to find either a weathered barn or possibly a red barn. I know where there are a ton of red barns (this is New England). I'm drawing blanks on weathered barns (though there are a lot around). The key will be accessibility with a Honda Civic in a snow storm. . .