I make it a point to work with my camera as much as possible. Even when my creative juices are not flowing I make it a habit of picking up the camera and trying to make some images. This week was a tough week for me, personally and professionally and to be honest, I had little motivation yesterday to pick up my camera or post a blog. So after dinner I decided to take a ride and see if the dusting of snow we just received and the holiday lights might give me some inspiration.

After driving around for a while I saw this Christmas Tree scene floating in a pond. What caught my eye was the eeriness of the floating lights on the snow dusted pond. Something out of a horror movie. The snow on the pond made the light reflection look like steam was coming off the pond.

I also like trying to make appealing blurs with holiday lights. There are several ways you can do this. One is to twist the zoom ring on a zoomable lens while making the exposure. The other is to set your lens to manual focus and when you are able to get the look and feel that you want, take the picture out of focus. I like the first method best however I find that it is most effective when the light is better than it was last night. That is I had no light since it was snowing!