Yes, the title is a little misleading, but it did get you to investigate this post. The theme this week is square (1×1) format images. Most cameras produce an image that is either a 2×3 format or a 4×3 format. There is a lot of creativity possible by changing your image in another format and I have found the 1×1 format to have a lot of potential. That is evident here on my blog via my Squared series.

On Saturday the weather was absolutely beautiful and I had an idea for some images out in the snow that would utilize this week’s theme. I grabbed as much sports equipment as I could find in the garage and went outside with the camera to create images of the different pieces in the snow. I purposefully waited until I had strong midday light so there would be strong shadows. I thought that would add to each piece. Here are the three best from my little experiment.

Snow Baseball
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/800s, 35mm, f/8, ISO 200

Snow Racquetball
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/400s, 32mm, f/8, ISO 100

Snow Basketball
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/250s, 58mm, f/8, ISO 100

I’m not sure this little experiment turned as well as it was envisioned but I had a great time running around the yard utilizing the areas of untouched snow. It also got me off the couch that day and I was quite happy with the Juxtaposition image I posted a few days ago. 🙂