What's on Your Photographic Plate?

With the holiday season fast approaching our thoughts seem to naturally gravitate toward those wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings. Good times with family and friends around the table. Our minds bringing up visions of plates loaded with all our favorite dishes.

Thanksgiving and Christmas remind me that winter is here and with it, for me anyway, beautiful snow and biting cold temps. Funny that a Florida boy, who never saw any snow until he was well into his 20’s, would say that but this is indeed my favorite time of year.

As a photographer it seems to me that everything is just more alive this time of year. I guide winter photography tours in Yellowstone National Park. I’ve worked with amateur and professional photographers from around the world. Without exception they all seem to have an elevated sense of excitement and wonder about photographing in extreme winter conditions.

How about you? Does winter bring an extra level of excitement to your photographic adventures? Does your heart rate quicken a little when you feel the crunch of snow and the bite of winters chill on your face? If so, please share some of your experiences. Do you have a special winter excursion planed this year? What location is on your photographic wish list. Just like you pictured in your mind that Thanksgiving orChristmas plate, try to imagine what might be on your photographic plate this winter season.