This is the culmination of about 45 minutes of driving along back roads in a raging blizzard, in a Honda Civic, looking for something to shoot in the snow. OK, it wasn't "that raging" of a blizzard, but there was/is a lot of snow.

I swear these trees in the foreground were planted in such a way, many, many years ago to facilitate this particular shot. I would like to thank the greens keepers of Berwick Academy of 'ole for this particular arrangement.

This is the Fogg Memorial Building, or rather part of it. It sits atop the hill off Academy street in South Berwick. When I attended Berwick Academy (in 1980 - 82) this was the High School. I didn't stay at Berwick into High School so I never actually go to know this building. I'm not sure what it is currently used for now. It sure makes for a great subject though.

Part of the problem with taking photos in the snow, other than all the snow on your camera gear, is locating a suitable parking spot for your vehicle. Most of the barns are located off side roads with no space to park your car. The roads are constantly cleared by large trucks that would easily destroy my little Honda Civic so I have to be very aware of where I am stopped. For this shot, I was able to pull into the entrance way at the foot of the hill to the campus. I figured no one else would be driving on this unplowed road. Just as I was headed out with my monopod, sure enough, someone was coming down the hill.

I took some initial shots on the monopod to start. I had every intention of setting up the tripod because I wanted to drag the shutter a little to let the flakes blur. I did the fastest tripod setup ever. . .