Sometimes I’m wondering why I don’t shoot so much in the night in summertime. I guess that that’s because the nights are shorter. Perhaps because there are mosquitoes. I really don’t know.
What I do know, is that when I go out in winter time, I do have a lot of fun. Shooting downtown Winnipeg during the night can be a scary business, for the faint of heart. I don’t mind, but it’s more fun with fellow photographers.
Christmas is still some time away. Some organizations already have Christmas parties, though. So when the Manitoba Foto Friends had a party, I was happy to be there.
But what do you imagine of a Canadian Christmas Party? Anything, as long as it’s cold, white and colder?
The last few months, I seem to have had strange coincidences. Whenever there was something going on on the sun, I seemed to end up with a headache.
Strong enough to put me to bed before even the Northern Lights showed up. This time, however, it was different, so the Aurora=Headache idea doesn’t stand anymore.
Every year, Santa Claus makes his arrival in the city with a big parade. Not only does he show up himself, all the businesses in the city also show off what they can.
The result is a big parade, with floats, one bigger than the other and a small Santa difficult to find. Even more if you are freezing cold and waiting with a camera held above your head
You never get a second chance to a first impression. Right. So this year, I decided to go out and shoot this first impression… of winter.
Last weekend we had the first winter storm of the season, with about 25cm of snow in the city. Some say this is snow that will stay for the season, but I’m not convinced yet. That’s why you need to record those first impressions.