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We’re still adjusting to the weather up here in Utah.

I have to admit that I get a little bit homesick when I watch the news and see that it’s 75 degrees back home in Arizona.

February and March were always my favorite months back home……the weather was usually perfect.

It snowed all day long yesterday.  Much of the day it snowed with big huge fluffy flajkes.

I was hoping to get shots of the kids making snowmen this morning, but no such luck.

The snow never accumulated at all.  It just landed and melted.

This morning there’s a light dusting on the grass, but that’s it.

Snowmen will have to wait.

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I did get to shoot some 6th and 7th graders with my son sledding a couple of weeks ago, so I’ve posted a couple of shots from that shoot.

Same story as usual for me.  Take your kids, or anybody’s kids for that matter and just get them playing together in the snow.

It just kind of happens.  Once you see something that catches your eye, you can massage it a little bit.

Give them a little bit of art direction and then, let them cut loose.

It doesn’t always work as easily as you hope, but it can be a lot of fun, and the pictures that you do get should be wonderful.

For this kind of stuff, it’s really all about the energy.

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Get them laughing, yelling, running, falling, sledding, crashing.  Just shoot whatever happens and have fun with it.

The other great thing about shooting in the snow is that it acts like a built in reflector.

You don’t have to worry about being overly controlled in your setup.

It’s nice being able to shoot around without being overly worried about lighting, just be sure to watch your backgrounds.

Don’t make the mistake of going into “auto-pilot” mode.

In any case, if you live in the snow….take advantage of it while you can….eventually Spring will arrive.