that was super fun

i stomped around outside for about an hour last night, taking pictures of snow on stuff. here you can see my feet buried in the snow, but don't be alarmed, i had boots on! boots that aren't super insulated, but are totally and completely waterproof.

it was so quiet and still. i saw one car, and heard another one out in the distance while i was out, but didn't see any people. which i guess made sense. at midnight there wasn't anyplace anyone in the neighborhood needed to be, except in their warm beds. even though i was out for quite a while, i only got about three blocks away from the house. i was too busy taking pictures. all told, i took 58, but whittled it down to a group of about thirty that i put up in a group over here. there are some more i might fiddle with and put up as well, but when i got home i wanted to put some up right away. all of the ones in that set are essentially untouched; i cropped some, and there are one or two that i adjusted the contrast on, but for the most part that's how they looked coming off the camera.

it was so much fun to be out there. i love taking night photos; in seattle i used to drive out to the weird parts of town to take photos of neon or industrial stuff at night with a giant cup of a 7-11 coffee and some snacks. i went out only about once every three months or so, sometimes longer, but those little excursions always made me feel refreshed in a way that's hard to explain. having the town, the city, to myself is an amazing feeling. even if it's not necessarily true (i've never been out on a night photo trip where i didn't see someone else). stomping around in the snow, being the first one to make tracks, seeing those fresh, pristine expanses of white was just incredible. everything feels so clean at night, covered in snow. after i'd taken enough pictures and my hands were sufficiently numb i came home, shed my cold wet layers and went to work on the photos and wrote a letter to a friend. i couldn't sleep, not because i wasn't tired, but because it was such a nice night i didn't want it to end.

i think slowly but surely fort collins and i are becoming friends.