The Tale of One Photograph (Part 1)
It is amazing what can happen when it snows, especially a snow that created the first white Christmas ever along the Texas Gulf Coast. This historic event occurred in 2004. That is the date the story of one photograph starts and the story has not ended just yet, more than three years later. Christmas eve, around 11 p.m. CST, I got my Canon EOS 10D out of its camera bag, along with my tripod and an umbrella, and went outside my house in Galveston, TX to start recording the historic event. All through the neighborhood, I could hear children and adults frolicking in the freshly fallen snow. In no time, there was enough snow on the ground to make a snowman or have a snowball fight. The flakes were huge and there was absolutely no wind at the time. It was one of the most peaceful and wonderful times I had ever experienced. After firing off a number of shots from the street in all directions, I decided it was time to get to bed. By then, it was after 1 a.m. I wanted to get up early in order to photograph other parts of town. I realized the photographs I would take might be significant because it would be Christmas day and it had snowed! Little did I know, at the time, that one particular photograph would have more significance than any of the other photographs I recorded on those two days.
Posted: February 29th, 2008 under Copyright.
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