snow fx

When the days are so short, my night-owl tendencies come out full force. All day I feel heavy and tired, and at night, I feel alert and energised. Sunday was, apparently, sunny and beautiful, the city covered with a massive blanket of snow. I couldn't bring myself to get out there and shovel until dusk. At midnight, the trek to the all night grocery store seemed much more appealing then trying to fall asleep.

I need the sun to come back and reset my bodyclock. In the late summer, when the days are still long, I can feel the sun going away, and it makes me feel sad. The upside of this comes at the end of December. The upward trend of lengthening days gives me hope. Many people find February the worst month of the year, while I feel it full of the promise of light.


I'm not usually a big fan of these kinds of photoshop distortions. I was surprised how much I enjoyed these experiments with exaggerating 'unsharp mask'. To me, they look a bit like paintings, and they also capture the magic of lights and colour in relation to the white world of snow.