Boston Winter Wonderland
Last Friday my nephews were staying over and I thoroughly enjoyed their company because they were so excited playing video games. I was trying to think of a time that I was so excited about something as they were.
Then it started to snow. Snow is beautiful coming down - but as adults we know things are going to get messy outside once it starts to melt. Before I went to bed I took Gizmo for his nightly walk and as I stepped out of my building I was blown away as to how beautiful the trees looked with snow on them.
Then I thought to myself I might as well go outside in the morning to take sunrise pictures of the snow on trees. Sure I can do it in the day, but there’d be too many people ruining the shot. Plus there would be more tracks in the snow - so I decided morning time was the best shot.
Getting up super early is hard for me as I’m a night owl. But the good news is I’d already be up because my wife was going on a business trip - which meant we had to wake up at 4am. I looked up the sunrise time in Boston and it’s currently 7:30 am.
So the plan was to wake up, drop her off at the airport and hit the city. I wasn’t sure where to go so I thought back about last year and decided to shoot the trellis at Boston’s North End (by Faneuil Hall) then get to Boston Common Park and scout out locations to shoot.
But there was a screwball thrown in the plan as for whatever reason I couldn’t sleep. And we’ve all been at that crossroad where we have to decide if it’s worth sleeping for an hour and feel like crap - or just break night. I decided to break night and tough it out like a real man!
Although it stoped snowing the wind was still blistering. Which meant I wasn’t about to bring different lenses with me because changing lenses would be a pain in the - you know what. I decided to challenge myself to only use a 70mm - 200mm telephoto lens. Last year (http://www.mikeycolon.com/places/boston/holiday-in-the-winter) I used an ultra-wide 16mm-35mm lens, so why not mix it up this year?
9 times out of 10 when I set out to shoot the city at night I always end up running in to crazy people. This time it was a lady (who had to have been sky high) ranting about reptilians and other head scratching topics.
I was also surprised to see people jogging at 5 in the morning. Now that’s dedication! Another interesting tidbit I’d like to share - was that around 6am there was a guy taking pictures of himself doing pushups. He used a giant ladder as a tripod and to prop up his phone to get a higher vantage point.
I didn’t know what he was doing until I asked him. It turns out he does pushups everyday in different locations around Boston. He then takes the pictures and sends them to his daughters in California.
You can see me on the bridge in the background while the Pushup Man does his morning routine. Definitely take a look at his work as it’ll put a smile on your face! [https://www.instagram.com/pushupman/}
Fast forward and I by the time I made it home was 8:30am. I walked the doggies and crashed. On my quest to start documenting my photographic journey, I filmed myself going through the process of editing the pictures. It took an hour and forty five minutes and I’ll have to figure out a way to chop it down to 20.
All that being said - I hope you like the pictures as much as I did creating them, and please let me know which one is your favorite!
