Snowapalooza 2010
February 7, 2010 | Filed Under Personal | Leave a Comment
Mother Nature showed her power by dumping over 26-inches of snow in less than 24 hours here in Harford County. The storm started around 5p on Friday night and by Saturday morning 18-inches were already on the ground.
Wind gusts were hitting 30 mph, so the game plan at the Hoffmann house was to weather out the storm and start shoveling after the snow stopped falling. Activities turned to indoors. My wife made brownies and bread and the kids rolled out a long sheet of paper and created some artwork.
Finally around 1p, the snow stopped, and the work could begin on shoveling out.
It’s now Sunday morning, and we are still waiting for the snow plow to clear the roads. No big deal, today is the Super Bowl, and we will all be huddled around the television.
Did Someone Order a White Christmas?
December 20, 2009 | Filed Under Personal | 1 Comment
The blizzard that hit the northeast yesterday dumped 20-22 inches of snow on Dave Hoffmann Photography headquarters. Here in the Baltimore area, our average yearly snowfall is about 18-inches. We exceeded that total in 24 hours.
Five (5) stints of shoveling has done a number on my back. It may be time to invest in a snowblower.
Based on the temperature forecast, we are guaranteed to have a white Christmas.
PHOTO TIP:
When taking photographs of snow, it’s a good idea to adjust your exposure correction to about +2/3 to avoid having the snow look gray.
The Search for a Christmas Tree 2009
December 15, 2009 | Filed Under Personal, family, kids | Leave a Comment
An early snowfall arrived here in Maryland on the same day my family planned on finding and cutting down our Christmas tree. The annual trip to a tree farm has been a Hoffmann family tradition for 13 years now.
Grammy pulls Henry away just as he attempts to step through a puddle.
Keely is armed with the mighty saw
Henry wanders the field
Keely keeps her eye on her tree of choice
A Long Weekend at the Beach
August 24, 2009 | Filed Under Personal, family, kids, vacation | Leave a Comment
I took my wife and two youngest kids for a long weekend at Bethany Beach in Delaware. Of course I couldn’t leave my camera home.
Sun Splash
July 24, 2009 | Filed Under Personal, family, vacation | Leave a Comment
My family and I just returned from Florida to have a mini-vacation and attend my sister’s wedding. Being a photographer, I also did double-duty as the wedding photographer.
On our last full day, we packed a lunch and headed off to Sun Splash, a local waterpark, located in Cape Coral, Florida. As luck would have it, thunderstorms rolled in 30 minutes after the park opened. The park decided to close until 2:00p. Luckily for us, the park is only 5 minutes from my parent’s home, so it wasn’t too much of a hassle.
Because we were flying out the next day, we decided to use the rain checks they gave us to go back at 2:00p. The upside to this was the park was nearly empty. We had a troop of about 15 people, and that probably was about a quarter of all patrons in the park for the rest of the day. No lines, no waiting, no problems.