When I agreed last summer to speak at a conference in Des Moines, IA in February I thought I would get a chance to shoot some snow scenes (we get so little in central NC these years). I was disappointed when the plane landed and recent warm weather had melted everything. But the next day the temp dropped and 7-8 inches of new snow fell within about 8 hours. It came down so fast I was stuck in the nearly deserted hotel and wandered thru it with the camera till night came and the snow slowed enough to go shoot outside.