It sits on the side of a small mountain, a little home in a big forest.
Access to come and go is dictated by weather.
Over the holidays, a storm hit that had me housebound for a week!
The kind of fun that is felt most after doing a hard thing.
I liken my style of capturing moments to that here in the Southern Rockies.
One of the most unique challenges down here is the snow and ice on our rural roads.
I find myself home-bound during the winter often, snowed in for a couple of days.
It always keeps me thinking and trying new things.
The reward is usually found in that process.
Its so, so quiet.
The only sounds are a crackling fire and the soft patters of snow landing on my roof.
Will there be an inversion?
A sunrise so colorful it paints the world pink?
This is when isolation can be the beautiful thing.
Otherwise, I have to melt snow until the storm stops.
I dont have running water without procuring it.
I also stock up on food.
Its hard to manage a photoshoot without those two things taken care of.
is a product called The Cold Case by Cold Case Gear.
Im talking gusts of 70 miles per hour.
These gusts would blow the snow off the ponderosa in heavy sheets.
Like they were a whole world; each plume of falling snow.
It felt like magic, as if I was transported into some other world.
Re-entering Earth when I made it back to my road.
A beautiful beam of sunshine and glittery snow was the end to this beautiful system
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