Every year in February, over Presidents’ Day weekend, my family and I go skiing at a small ski resort near Yosemite called Dodge Ridge. It’s a charming place– not nearly as busy or large as any of the Tahoe resorts. Since the slopes were relatively empty, I wanted to capture some beautiful photos to take home.

Interestingly, I also discovered that I can turn off the automatic adjustments that my phone camera makes, turning it into a manual camera. This was great, as it meant that I didn’t have to lug my Canon up the slope and risk it getting lost or damaged just for a manual shot.

It wasn’t a relatively pretty or clear day, but regardless I asked my brother to pose just before he went down the slope in front of us. The fact that the forest in the background fades into the fog adds a really neat “isolated” feeling to the photo, as if it’s just him and his skis in this snowy world.