There’s something magical about the first snow of the season.  After shooting around town as the snow fell yesterday, I woke early to capture the picture perfect snow in the light of morning.  Given the relatively warm temperatures, the snow had stuck to all of the tree branches and I knew it would make for a pretty scene.  Also, as we did not have a ton of snow, there would be little of the brown sand littering the roads to ruin the contrast of white snow and black asphalt.

I ended up following the same route as yesterday – shot the Christmas tree boat at sunrise, then Grace Oliver followed by Redds Pond (awesome with some light ice on the water) and then State Street.  From there, I decided to stop in front of Abbot Hall and used the drone to capture a shot of the beautiful building made more so with a soft coat of white.

As luck would have it, the sun hid between clouds that helped diffuse the morning light just as I got to this perfect altitude.