Last Sunday I finally went spend a day in the snow with my son. After the recent storms, the snowpack is high in Tahoe, and the temperatures have been low enough that it has not melted. This contrasts with the previous years when the precipitation was low, and the temperatures remained above freezing most of the winter.
I have noticed that I have not posted many photos of snow in this blog. Last time I was there and wrote a blog post about it, “Leave no trace”, I told the story of how I lost my old Lee polarizer. It has long been replaced, but I haven’t made much use of it since!
This time I did not go for photography. I took my son on a beginner snowshoe guided tour. It was our first-time snowshoeing and Snowshoe Tahoe did a great job teaching us the basics.
During the hike, I took the FEATURE IMAGE, F/13, 1/250S, ISO 320. It is a black and white abstract of the shadows of the trees on the snow landscape. It was converted to black and white using Adobe Camera Raw.
The hike climbed up to a hill from which we could see what used to be known as “Squaw Valley Resort” (below). The resort has been recently renamed to “Palisades Tahoe”, because the term “squaw” was deemed offensive to some Native Americans. The photo below, of the Valley, is a snapshot converted to black and white, using Adobe Camera Raw. Note the square format of the frame, it seemed to me the most suitable for this photo.
On the way out, we stopped for burgers in Tahoe city and from there I took a snapshot I decided to make into a dreamscape: where the Truckee River meets Lake Tahoe is a great place to admire nature and dream.
And finally, my snowshoeing self…
Photography tips: you don’t need complicated equipment to create memories with your family, or photos that you treasure. You can give a personal touch to a snapshot by converting to black and white, using the myriad of presets (filters) offered by todays’ post-processing programs, and a bit of imagination. Play with the cropping, because each composition will look better on a different crop, and it is fun to find out which ones fit your photos better.
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