Friday, 23 January 2026

Capturing the First Snow of '26 by Adam Rutter

Adam will chair HTW workshop on Tuesday 27th January 

Diary Entry

Friday January 9th 2026

Storm Goretti did come, spreading the white stuff across the country. I used my phone camera to photograph the ground buried under a blanket of snow. I knew it was not going to last. so I decided to capture the brief scene of winter to savour every moment as much as I could. 

The camera was set to night mode, which was ideal because I had the perfect opportunity to photograph the snow in low light conditions. The advantage of filming the snow in the dark was its colour; white is bright even at night, the whiteness of the snow combined with artificial lighting outdoors made the photographs look almost as clear as daylight. 

Big snow flakes drifted across the street lights dragged by the gale. What I enjoyed shooting the most were the snow covered washing lines. They looked like cables encrusted in stalagmites. 

The snow started to thaw a bit bit this morning. But there was still plenty to photograph.

2 comments:

High Town Writers' Workshop said...

Hope the snow holds off for our meeting next Tuesday!

Anonymous said...

I am sure the snow will hold off on Tuesday night. North Stafforshire (particularly the North Stafforshire Moors) are going to have snow, according to the forecast for the West Midlands.