'A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.'
Francis of Assisi
FH viewers know how much I love celebrating holidays, especially their arrival. When it comes to winter however, it's also celebratory, to observe it's retreat and demise. Those who live in areas with snow understand that winter doesn't end in one moment, one day or one week. It fights it's dormancy with it's everything it's worth.
Where I live, winter, and the snow and frost that comes with it, sometimes hang on as late as early May. With more hours of sunlight, the days may be warmer, but the night still go below the freezing mark. That means we have weeks in March of April of what the weather men and women like to call 'mixed precipitation.'. Snowy nights, rainy days and mix of sleet, ice pellets and freezing rain.
This of course, as many of you know, means black ice and slippery nights, and a mess of slush during the day. With the warmer weather, the snow may lesson, but the warmer it is, the wetter, and heavier the snow. The hardest days shoveling are those snow storms in late winter and early spring.
Still... the snow also marks the first signs of spring. Snow leaves low lying areas first. Back yards and fields may be brown and clear, but snow continues to cling to hills and mountains. It's not uncommon to have to mow your lawn in May, with the piles of snow from the plow still melting in your driveway.
When it came to documenting those end of winter visuals, I knew exactly who to go to. I love the work of artist and model Luke G at any time of year, but I seem to feature more of his work in the winter than any other season of the year. It made sense then, to contact Luke about capturing the end of winter through his unique lens and with his incredible body and elegant poses.
When it comes to the winter, there's no hibernating for Luke. When I contacted him about this piece, he actually shared that he's been shooting pretty much non-stop the last couple of months. These images not only capture so many magnificent statuesque shots of Luke, they also capture so many signs of the end of winter. Snowless fields with the white stuff still lurking, slightly elevated just a few hundred yards away.
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