Spring Is In The Air

The great thing about living in the Ozarks, we get to experience all four seasons, however the winter season always seems so long for me. I'm just not a fan of cold weather (unless there's snow to photograph - which we haven't had too much of that in southwest Missouri the past few years).

I'm always ready for the beautiful colors of the spring season. I love how the variety of colors pop everywhere. I think it's like a hint of Heaven, even though I'm sure we won't experience anything close to that beauty until our journey here ends. Spring is a fantastic season for all types of photography so get your camera's out before it's too late. Spring is great for portrait backdrops, landscape photography, macro photography, wildlife photography, fine art photography and more.

There are a few challenges to springtime photography. The biggest one is lack of time especially for most of the flowering trees. I say this because they typically only last one to two weeks after they've bloomed. For example magnolias, pear trees, and redbuds. Their colorful beauty is short lived. In other words, you have to work your schedule around mother nature.

Another challenge for landscape photographers has to do with trees blooming at different times. There are often still a lot of trees around that have not bloomed yet. If you're anything like me, I don't always like naked trees mixed in with flowering trees so I try to be creative and look for different angles in order to avoid having signs of winter in the photo.

Then you have the beautiful blooming flowers. Spring flowers include crocuses, hyacinths, daffodils, iris, tulips, peonies, freesia, pansies, wisteria and the list goes on. Most of those also don't last long so you have to enjoy them and capture them before they too are gone. I love macro photography for spring flowers.

Spring decor will also brighten up your home or office. It's a great time of year to switch out your decor to make everything feel fresh. I suggest having different photos and decor for the different seasons to keep things different. You can rotate them out and it's makes you feel like you've updated your decor!

You just can't go wrong with spring photos regardless of the type of photography you're into. You just have to get out there while the color is alive! What are your favorite things to photography during the spring season? Feel free to comment.