So, we’ve had some crazy weather in Fayetteville these past few days. School let out (yes, the University actually closed!) by 5 p.m. on Thursday and was closed all day Friday, and today things didn’t open up until 10 a.m. We had about 8 inches of snow as well as plenty of ice/freezing rain/sleet. Good enough to throw any ole Arkansas city into turmoil. (There was not a single loaf of bread left in the Wal-Mart on 6th Street the night before it hit.) Luckily this year there weren’t many power outages or trees down–it was a light freeze compared to last year’s fiasco.

That said, I took a few photos, and it was a blast. Here are a few of them, and you can find the rest of them on my Flickr page (see “Galleries” above).

I’ve also discovered Lightroom presets. Presets are Adobe Lightroom’s version of actions for Photoshop, except that you have more freedom in tweaking them afterwards/during the process than you have in Photoshop, and you can preview them before you hit ‘go.’ I like them. I’ve tried out a few of them here, since there are only so many ways to photograph the same icicles before they start looking all the same. There are plenty of free ones–try http://www.presetsheaven.com/ as an example. Who uses these? Let me know your successes (or failures).

(And by the way: I don’t want to start any Lightroom vs. Aperture feuds, but…Lightroom has my vote.)