Winter street light...

The number of hours of daylight are getting shorter day by day, for some folk winter may be thought a dull time for outdoor photography. To my mind with the winter sunlight there comes a light which is exciting and offers numerous oppourtunities to become creative with a camera in hand. The reason being winter sunlight provides bold contrasting shadows of passerbys in any street scene, the light reflected from shop windows across the surface of pavement and road surface add a brilliance in photographs often lacking in summertime compositions. The season of winter is by nature a time of many overcast and dark coudy days, yet when that norm is punctuated by a blue skies day dominated by bright low lying winter sunshine it is extra special and uplifting to be out and about with a camera.