Living on the Pacific Northwest snow is not foreign, but one usually has to drive up one of the local mountains to experience real winter. In the city maybe a skiff of snow all year and the rest of the winter season is just a lot of rain.

This year has been different. After weeks of record breaking cold we received the most snow to fall in Vancouver since 1971. Needless to say 65cm of snow wreaked havoc on a city unprepared for snow, traffic, transit etc…, ground to a halt.

However I will take the snow over the rain. I find it is brighter, less depressing even with some shoveling. Snow makes for interesting photo ops as well. All the white can cause challenges with the light and colour cast but there also can be great textures and contrasts, white trees against blue skies.

Well, here are some recent shots of the snow, expect them to make their way onto stolenshadows.com.