Winter's Coming

LARGE - Edition of 12 Unframed 56” x 56” Framed 71” x 71”   STANDARD - Edition of 12 Unframed 37” x 37” Framed 52” x 52”   These were probably the worst weather conditions I have photographed under for many years, but it was those very conditions that define this image. If it was the same bison, in the same field at midday in the summer, there would be nothing special at all. I am reminded that we always have to fight to get what we want. Big bull bison in the snow as a starting concept is appealing as they are primeval beasts that survived an ice age and portraits work best when their faces look like monsters from Game of Thrones. When working in heavy snowfall, there is a need to be as close to the subject as possible so as to reduce the number of snowflakes hitting the line of path between the camera and the subject. Too much and the whole thing becomes a little too abstract. It is not permitted to be within 25 metres of a bison in Yellowstone and this rule is often enforced in a ch