I woke up the other morning as the sun was rising to greet beautiful fog covering our backyard. I didn’t have the proper time for a photoshoot, but did grab my camera to snap a couple images from my window. Then after dropping off my youngest son at his school, I stopped at the park to breath in the glorious morning air.

I was quite bummed that responsibilities kept me from setting up for a proper photo shoot. Instead of simply shooting out my window, I would’ve loved to grab my camera and head over to the cemetery or the lake. I missed the best photographic opportunities during the time spent getting ready for school and work. Even still, I was grateful to look out the windows (of the house and then car) to take in the beauty with my eyes.

Don't mistake: if I could move to Hawaii, I would. I would miss waking up to a beautiful snowfall.

Braving the winter weather has afforded me the opportunity to be outside to experience such beautiful skies as these images reveal. Each night, I paused the game for a moment and snapped these exposures with my phone in HDR mode. A few filter adjustments in Snapseed and Instagram for sharing.

Note the duck in the foreground of the shot (bottom) from the first night - he was a bonus. The second night, I took the reverse angle shot (top) from the bridge. I love how in both shots the texture of the snow that adds depth to the experience.