Winterland. This chapter is the coldest of them all. It is a testimony of us trying to push ourselves to create things we didn’t think we would be able to. Winter can be a symbol of isolation, solitude, harshness and dormancy, but also sublime beauty, magic and resilience. While others would normally get warm inside during long winter nights, we decided to explore and create. Creating in the cold is a whole different type of experience & brings particular challenges. More than ever we need to rely on our years of experience and our preparation to make quick decisions and create the best images we can with the minutes we have at hand. Time is limited not by the usual constraints of the blue hour, but mostly by cold temperature and the limitations it imposes on our bodies & minds. Needless to say that losing dexterity when manipulating small objects is a real challenge. Nonetheless, that whole process stimulates us to get stronger, more adaptable both physically & psychologically.

Loosely connected ice crystals cover the entire forest. More than knee-deep in the snow, it slowly gets harder to find what we look for as the cold season enters its last phase. Warm winter nights and fresh snow make for a precious combination that rarely presents itself. Those shooting nights involve physical effort and long walks to get to our location, sometimes walking more than 20 km in a day to hopefully achieve our goal of creating a single image.