We left the house, my daughter, my wife and me, to investigate the snowy, colder (-20C+) world surrounding our High Level, Alberta community. I gave my daughter and wife a camera each to use, and off we went. Having spent so much time inside at Christmas, it was good to be outside in the air and within the landscape, seeing and thinking through photos and working again with camera, lens and settings. It was good. Our feet and hands were cold to start, but image-making made us move and explore; interest in our landscape took hold in each of us. An hour’s plodding perambulations kept us warm, and we were several images richer and had enjoyed the camaraderie of family endeavour by the time we went home.  At home, we got to look at the photos and where edits could take us. Here are a couple of images.

Quotes to Consider / Inspire: (1) ‘The only photographer you should compare yourself to is the one you used to be (unknown).’ (2) ‘Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like (David Alan Harvey).’ (3) ‘I wish that all of nature’s magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed (Annie Leibovitz).’

Listening to: Arvo Pärt’s ‘Spiegel im Spiegel,’ Blue Suede’s ‘Hooked on a Feeling,’ U2’s ‘Magnificence,’ Angus & Julia Stone’s ‘Big Jet Plane,’ Rob Thomas’ ‘Little Wonders,’ Louis Armstrong’s ‘What a Wonderful World,’ Norman Greenbaum and ‘Spirit in the Sky,’ Bob Dylan’s ‘Shelter from the Storm,’ José González’s ‘Stay Alive’ and Junip’s ‘Don’t Let It Pass.’