Winter at its worst, for those who live in northern climates, just to set the mood... I intentionally went to this spot on the most dreary and cold winter day (March 2013) to take this photo... This is actually a colour photo and yes I'm strange...
Now that I've set the mood, I have a love/hate relationship with winter... On the negative, with the days being so short for several months, I drive to and from work in the dark, thus seeing sunlight and daytime except on weekends, and when you get the cold days, like the one above, even the weekend gives me very little of it...
Which gets me into S.A.D.S. (a form of depression) which those of us in the northern climates likely know about it, for everyone else - Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic I don't think I have it but I do have moments of winter that can be downright depressing, those nasty stretches of cold and dreary days, again lack of any real light... I don't have any of the special lights some people use
Then there are fun moments of winter, when the sun is out, I do chase and follow some of the fun events of winter with my photography... I don't do winter sports much, some people do... Such crazy events like the Great Canadian Kilt Skate!
How do some of the other northerners deal with winter? Especially when many of us tend to be isolated already...
Now that I've set the mood, I have a love/hate relationship with winter... On the negative, with the days being so short for several months, I drive to and from work in the dark, thus seeing sunlight and daytime except on weekends, and when you get the cold days, like the one above, even the weekend gives me very little of it...
Which gets me into S.A.D.S. (a form of depression) which those of us in the northern climates likely know about it, for everyone else - Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic I don't think I have it but I do have moments of winter that can be downright depressing, those nasty stretches of cold and dreary days, again lack of any real light... I don't have any of the special lights some people use
Then there are fun moments of winter, when the sun is out, I do chase and follow some of the fun events of winter with my photography... I don't do winter sports much, some people do... Such crazy events like the Great Canadian Kilt Skate!
How do some of the other northerners deal with winter? Especially when many of us tend to be isolated already...