Jer & Min Photography

I love to see tulips come up through the snow.  Its a sign the snow is fading and is the first green we see.

My daughter loves to eat snow.  I’m not letting her near this pile.

Wow, today was a tough one.  This doesn’t really exhibit the emotion, but rather it is a show of something that is disgusting.

This is the snow near a parking lot by my house.  A winter worth of scraping rocks, mud, and garbage from the lot creates some really ugly snow in the springtime.

For Christmas, my mother got me a five Cokin filters I have been eyeing for sometime.  I’ve never shot with filters before, and these first few shots show I’ve got a bunch of work to do before I figure them out, but I’m pleased with the results of my first time out with them.

I’ve added a link to my cokin photoset on the right side of this blog.  I’ll add every Cokin shot I take to that photoset.

Interesting note, most people use filters to enhance their color photos.  I’m actually more excited about using these for black and white as I’ll be able to control my light better.  I will however, still shoot color with them.

It has been absolutely crazy at work lately.  I’m not complaining, we have been busy during what has been a tough time for a lot of people and I’m very thankful for it.  I have however noticed that something that helps keep my sanity during the day is if I’m able to do something during lunch to help me recharge my batteries so to speak.  Yesterday I took a drive and captured a few photographs of the valley.

It was a beautiful day, not too great for photography due to the completely blue sky, but the entire valley was blanketed in a fresh layer of snow.  Here are my photographs.

As I’ve gone through my photographs of this weekend, I found my favorite which is of Brinci catching snow on her tongue.  What I really like about this photo is how seriously she is trying to catch snow flakes and that if you look closely, she has caught one on her tongue that hasn’t yet melted.   Click on the image to pull it up in flickr where there is a note showing her catching one.  From flickr, you can click on the “ALL SIZES” button above the image for larger image with more detail.