Colorful Lights in the Snow Imagery

I'm always drawn to abstract art, anything with a dreamy aesthetic, and a colorful background. I decided to blend those two together by blurring a bunch of bright lights in the background and decking it with snow imagery throughout the scene. 

Mountain Reflections in the Snow at Yosemite

As the hours begin approaching golden hour, the mountains start adopting that golden glow, offering dreamy reflections of the snowy mountains in the water on a crystal clear blue sky day. 

Pink Sunrises and Moon Views in Fairbanks

Bright, frosty, clear skies on a wintry day at sunrise. 

It's one of those mornings where you walk outside and feel the blistery cold but breathe the pleasantly fresh air while soaking up the views. 

Black and White: Snowy Trees in Fairbanks

Fairbanks Trees Part II: Continuing to watch the snow fall, decorating the trees. 

It was one of those rare days where you only see a couple shades of colors outside...creating a pretty surreal winter scene. 

Aerial View of Snowy Mountains in Canada

Striking, stunning mountains covered in snow all across western Canada. It's so surreal and makes you do a double take (are those clouds or mountains?) I couldn't resist these aerial views and of course, had to capture all of them! 

Magnetic Winter Scene: Enchanting Walkway Imagery

After taking a bunch of photos, we always focus on finding ways to make the pictures more vibrant, which often means enhancing the saturation and contrast. 

For this photo of trees on a walkway, I wanted to give it a winter snow effect and do the opposite. The original pic was actually of green trees. Surprisingly, after lowering the saturation and giving it an almost black and white look (with hints of blue tones), the details of the trees actually end up popping out more. If anything, it's even more colorful now since the textures and hues actually stand out more than before. 

Into the Wild: Sun Breaking through the Sky

Astonishing aerial views of the waters and mountains of Canada. 

With the sun breaking through the sky, the stream of lights look particularly cool on the landscape, creating golden colors, shadows, and reflections. 

I added in some warmer tones to this to create the effect of an incoming sunset, included a faded turquoise streak, a couple snow droplets, and some extra human aspect to it.

White Christmas: Snowy Escape with the Trees

Fairbanks Trees Part I: I remember looking at this and thinking this came straight out of a black and white movie. 

With the falling snow, black spruce trees, and the extremely remote location in Alaska, this looks like one of those perfect white Christmas scenes!

Futuristic City: Dynamic Skyline + Blue Lights Imagery

It's always intriguing when you blend fiction with reality. 

I had so much fun creating this imagery. Inspired by Perfume's Tokyo Girl MV, I decided to create a futuristic world using Yokohama's breathtaking Minato Mirai waterfront as the starting point. 

After changing up the hues of the photo, enhancing the saturation and contrast, and lightening the overall effect, I added in cool blue details across the image. Various versions of blue gradient lights are shooting down from the sky with little snow droplets spread across it. Small sparkles are also added across the buildings to spread more magic into the air.

Aerial Landscape: Snowy Mountains of Canada

One of the most stunning landscapes I've ever seen while on a plane!

As we continued to head north, we passed by so many snowy mountaintops and lakes that were surrounded by a mix of crystal clear blue skies and cumulus clouds throughout the journey. It was an epic couple hours indeed.

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Waking Up at Sunrise to Stunning Fairbanks

Super clear skies with bright yellow hues all around at sunrise.

I left the igloo for about a minute or two just to capture this before the color faded away.

Aerial View of Snow & Trees at Fairbanks

You know it is still winter when you peer outside and it looks like you're watching a classic movie in black and white. The landscape here is stunning and cannot be replicated or replaced with just a photo!

Deep Blue Skies at Dawn: The Magic of Fairbanks

Otherworldly magic. Nature is truly beautiful when you venture away from the city lights.

On a super clear, freezing day, we ventured outside and had to capture this view of the igloos at dawn, marveling at the stark beauty surrounding us.

The Snow Effect: Tokyo Tower and Skyscrapers Imagery

Breathtakingly charming Tokyo at night. The Tokyo Tower shines brightly surrounded by dozens and dozens of skyscrapers nearby.

I was looking through different advertisements and layouts in a magazine and came across some snowfall designs and was inspired to create an image showcasing snow falling in Tokyo.

Polar Bears Climbing Christmas Tree Decorations

Couldn't resist taking this adorable photo of polar bear stuffed animals climbing up a lit Christmas tree. The faux snow on the bottom added to the scenery and made it a perfect festivity.

City Skyscrapers Covered in Snowflakes Imagery

In the middle of fall...but never too early to think of winter.

I decided to change this perfect blue sky day photo with a pink filter effect and add snowflakes to it. I was inspired by a Christmas card I received a while back and thought why not?

Aerial Glimpse of Snowy, Cloudy Mountains

Stunning aerial view of snowy mountains and clouds hovering right above.

Sparkling Aqua and Coral Snowflakes Imagery

I was cleaning out my closet and was inspired by my aqua snowflake t-shirt--the color, the texture, the snowflake design--so I decided to create an image based off of that. Aqua and coral are one of the best color combos so I used that as the main gradient for this picture. I also added various snowflake designs and sizes in gray and white hues. Last but not least, I wanted to give it a sparkly effect and add extra emphasis and uniqueness to the snowflakes, so noise, shadows, and a mixture of textured colors are a must.

Frozen Streams of Waterfall Dreams

I loved everything about the Frozen Disney movie: the super-catchy soundtrack, touching storyline, and endearing characters. But what really stood out were the exquisite graphics (aurora, snowflakes, all that magical ice, and the blue hues everywhere).

I was so inspired by the all the imagery in the movie that I decided to use one of their waterfall wallpapers as the background for this picture, with Olaf and Sven added on the tree log. Such an enchanting scene staring at a frozen stream of waterfall beneath the purple skies. 

Cherry Blossoms Turn Into Winter Wonderland

This was originally a picture of the blooming cherry blossoms during spring time. After blurring everything out and changing the tone and color of the trees and the background, I decided to add extra lights to it for a mysterious, magical twist to winter. The ground resembles ice and the shadow brings in an extra depth to the dark winter atmosphere.