The stars aligned and we had exactly the kind of snow session hoped for! While a snowy session sounds great, sometimes it can be hard to pull off. Snow that is falling too heavily can make a camera focus on a big blobby snowflake in front of the subject instead of on his/her face. Not to mention that heavy snow can make facial features almost indiscernible. Snow that has just fallen can be accompanied by conditions making it dangerous to get to a session, let alone fall on ice during. Snow that's been on the ground a while can get icky-dirty and/or sloppy. And, sometimes the snow is awesome but it is just too cold outside to avoid frostbite, or too cold making the camera freeze up (literally) ... like this past winter, which anyone who lives in Iowa already knows!

I've included more images than I normally do in a blog post, but they are just so fun!!! Clicking on the smaller images will allow you to see details better.