Andrew Nuckolls, age 14, from Towson, catches air from a snow ramp on the side of the Greenwood Board of Education hill during and after snowfall Saturday January 22, 2005.

Coming from Georgia, we usually only got icy rain. So, I was super-stoked when the snow was fluffy. The worst part about shooting in the snow is taking notes. It’s hard enough making camera adjustments with numb fingers, but then having to take off your gloves to fish around in your pocket for your pen, only to find out that A.) the ink’s frozen and B.) your note pad is wet.

The 10am Update is a regular blog feature showcasing some of the better work from my archives.

This is from December, 2008. Jess drew the heart, and our upstairs neighbor’s dog, Josh, was looking to make some yellow snow.

I just got my new full-frame D700 and I was making as many night photos as possible. The drawback — which doesn’t really bother me in this image — is that all my wide angle lenses were made for DX camera bodies. I shot this with a 17-55mm and that’s why there’s that huge black vignette. I could crop it out — and I played around with that idea — but it felt wrong getting that tight.

I try to bring my camera with me when I’m not shooting. You never know when quirky little things like this will present themselves.

Regardless of its legality, citizens still claim their cleared out parking spots with chairs, like this one seen at the intersection of Remington and Keswick Thursday, February 11, 2010.

Reflected in its own meltings, a snow bank standing a little over six-feet tall sits at the corner of Remington Ave., and Wyman Park Drive Thursday, February 11, 2010.

While on a walk through their Charles Village neighborhood, Tajh Amos, 3, gathers snow to playfully throw at his mom, Tori Amos (yes. that’s her name) Thursday, February 11, 2010.

…and the attack.

A snowman sits in the courtyard of The Carolina apartments on W. University Pkwy in Charles Village/Homewood Thursday, February 11, 2010.

A gully of snow sludge is banked by uncovered cars in Homewood Thursday, February 11, 2010.

Robins fly through the sky in Charles Village after eating holly berries in the snow Thursday, February 11, 2010.

The snow turned pink.

Jess!

Icicles drip from row homes in Hampden Thursday, February 11, 2010.

hahaha! dog poop bags.

Scout DeBartolo’s Chihuahua-terrier mix Walter Stanley Garcia, appropriately clad for the snow storm, is taken on a walk down the Avenue in Hampden Saturday, February 6, 2010. And yes, those are booties.

Here’s the Baltimore Messenger’s corresponding article and photo gallery.

This is our backyard.

“I’ve had it for four years, and this is the first time I’ve really used it,” says Richard Brown of his gas-powered snow-blower. He used it to clear part of the 3500 block of Elm Ave and the alleyway behind the block in Hampden Saturday, February 6, 2010. The roof on his new shed and his home’s backyard awning collapsed under the weight of excessive snow.

The Avenue in Hampden was mostly used by pedestrians Saturday, February 6, 2010.

Drew Gaver, from Hampden, jumps in a snow bank on the corner of the the Avenue and Falls Road while his friend Melissa McDonald, also from Hampden, attempts to capture the shenanigans on Gaver’s cell phone, Saturday, February 6, 2010.

Kimberly Watson flies down 37th Street in Hampden on Steve Barber’s, the shadowy figure in the background, bobsled Saturday, February 6, 2010.

Steve Barber pulls Mike Roman, left, and Mike Furniere, all three from Hampden, in an old fashioned bobsled on 37th Street in Hampden Saturday, February 6, 2010. The two Mikes took a short detour on their way to the grocery store.

An elderly dog slowly walks down Elm Ave. in the snow, catching up to his master Saturday, February 6, 2010.

Jess.

Icicles hang on the side of Holy Frijoles in Hampden Saturday. Despite the blizzard, several restaurants, including Frijoles, were open.

Brenda Carroll, shadow, and Anisha Jagtap build a snow dog on The Avenue in Hampden Sunday, February 7, 2010.

This is our backyard. A different view.

Branches protrude form the frozen waters of Lake Kittamaqundi during the preliminary snowfall Friday, February 5, 2010.

Lake Kittylitter is what my old boss Tenney Mason would call Columbia, MD’s Lake Kittamaqundi. …because, lets be honest, it’s a tough word to pronounce. On my way home Friday, I made an quick photo essay for the Columbia Flier of the frozen man made lake (the deepest area is a little over 7 feet).

As beautiful as the snow is, it’s expensive! This season’s unusual amount of snow, including a storm that dumped 21 inches in less than 24 hours, has left the county’s snow removal budget $1.3 million in the hole…

Read the Columbia Flier article, here.

Two ducks take a stroll on the frozen water.

Duck tracks leave a trail in the freshly fallen snow-layered-ice.

Snow falls around ivy on a tree trunk, the only visibly green plant in the flora surrounding Lake Kittamaqundi.

A dusting of frost covers a fallen sweetgum tree fruit.

That’s her name… Meta Gary.

She’s a really cool painter.