Snow falls and forests.

If you're at all familiar with some of my other photography, you may recognize this guy. My friend Derek is the person that I call whenever I just want to get outside and shoot for fun. On this particular day, it didn't stop snowing the entire time. The snow was lighter in the woods, though, because of the tree cover.

 

Jay Cooke State Park.

Jay Cooke State Park is located not too far from my hometown, and it's honestly one of my favorite places in Minnesota. My friend and I went out on a very cold, windy day to shoot film. I was using my father's SLR because I had left mine back at school for break. Unfortunately, my father's camera has a problem with it. and the film didn't load right, so I didn't get any of those shots. I was incredibly disappointed by that, but I was happy that I had shot digitally, too. 

New Year's Eve.

I made my brother come outside and shoot photos with me in the first few minutes of 2012. Between the cloud cover and all of the snow, it was ridiculously bright. This is a 15 second exposure, if you were curious.