The thing is when you lived in +30 weather August feels like winter when you arrive into Fort McMurray. Seeing snow for the first time was AWESOME! again you don't really see this back home. Although I remember while living in Houston we got to see hail! - not as pretty. But snow - Totally different. Now this whole awesome feeling was crushed somewhere after 4 months of still seeing snow, -20 ish temperatures and slips/trips and falls on the snow/ice. I was done!
And then there was the first Christmas I spent with my parents at our first house in Canada - I cant even remember what time it was but the lights outside the house were lit up and there was this incredibly beautiful fluffy snow falling and I was starring through the window with my little sister - and I fell in love with winter all over again. And again winter and I transition through this love/ hate relationship years at a time.
The last time I felt that way with winter was a couple of years back when my husband and I setup the Christmas tree in the place we have been calling our home now- we weren't married then and we had just started living together. After it was setup I turned on the Christmas tree, turned off all the lights, opened the windows and sat down to enjoy the first Christmas tree setup in our home - and of course the first of many
Its funny how I have been here for several years now and people say "oh you will get used to it" and you know what - I actually think my whining with winter is worse...
I love taking photographs but I do not like taking pictures outdoors in the winter - Don't get me wrong I will and I give my 100+% to my customers - but its cold and windy and cold - lol
You are probably wondering why I am ranting about my love hate relationship with winter and believe me I have a point! we just cant rush into these things.
A photographer friend was looking for a companion to do some outdoor photos this past Sunday and I asked if I could join - We braved the start of this winter at 6:30 am to catch the sunrise at - 20.
We grabbed some hot beverages and took off to our winter expedition. We headed towards the river and took our gear out of our camera bags to start taking pictures. I struggled a bit trying to get the settings on my camera and was getting a little frustrated. After a few minutes it clicked in and I decided to take a couple of macros and LOVED them! I felt like a little kid looking at the frost through my camera and checking out the frost on the branches and the ice on the river. After several minutes I looked up and it hit me that love for winter again - perhaps not the best time since it was -20, but still.
I looked over at Virginia and she was clicking away, looking for new spots and another thing hit me - Not all of us get to do what we love and right then I was looking at a friend that despite the cold was inspired and looking for more to take pictures of; and despite the cold she was loving what she was doing.
We talked in between clicks checked on each other to make sure we weren't getting to cold - and talked about how beautiful it was and how not a lot of people consider Fort McMurray beautiful
And it's true. Not many of us do - even I don't at times. And I truly believe that in our busy lives we need to stop and take time to look at all the beauty that surrounds us. It doesn't matter how cold it is.
Here are some of my photos below from my outdoor shoot with Virginia. Also please take a few minutes to take a look at her page ----> Virginia Frank Photography and check out her absolutely stunning photographs.
Thank you for stopping by
Vanessa
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