Blizzard Conditions on the Great Lakes

Blizzard Conditions on the Great Lakes

True winter weather has hit the Chicago area finally this winter. It made me take up the camera to get some video for The Sweetwater Seas documentary I ma filming currently for both TV and a book. While I try and prepare myself for the conditions I did forget to bring along my pair of ski goggles which would have made it much easier! The wind was howling so load and fast it was difficult to keep going. I would stop for a few minutes to film and when I turned around my footprints had vanished beneath the snow. No trace of me walking out there - a true Leave No Trace afternoon. Above is a still image from the day but you can see a few of the video clips I have put together by using the link below.

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Friday the 13th and a Full Moon!

Friday the 13th and a Full Moon!

Well decisions, decision on this Friday the 13th. There is a full moon this evening...I should have shot it last night as all photographers know, but couldn't. So now what? Shoot it tonight? Maybe. Or well I laze around and just hang with friends? Hmmm... I will be shooting the next two weeks in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on Lake Michigan and then up at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore on Lake Superior. And I've been to Lighthouse beach often when the full moon rises.... Ahh the thought process here at Big Thoughts Pond this Friday afternoon... stay tuned!

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