Falling snow can be a wonderful experience but also a nightmare for everybody if an excess amount of snow fall down to earth. In 2010 Europe face one of the worst snow fall ever remembered in 100 years. Flights has to be canceled, train will not ride and cars face problem because there is not enough done to clean the road from snow. People has to do also their daily activity, going and doing their work, children go to school, buying things with small children and this can be a burden too. They also face burden during their travel to stations and airports. At the same time people can have a lot of joy and fun with snow.
In 2012 Europe again hit by the coldest winter coming from the East. Even in the Netherlands temperature falls until minus 18 under zero Celcius. In Leiden temperature was 16 degree below zero Celcius. Again the Netherlands as in 2010 is surpriced by the winter. Train network collapsed, traffic jam up to 600 km or even more in the whole country, it took hundreds of victims mostly homeless. Very sad. Southern Europe countries are also hit by this winter. May be we are entering a new ice age soon?
We walk many hours and take pictures, our fingers and camera freeze, get wet. Get scared our gear will entered by the melting water of the snow. Sight was also bad. Snow get into our eyes and our viewfinder gets fog. Our feets gets colder and colder…
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Old man testing the ice?
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Survival kit
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There are a lot of bridges in The Netherlands. Skaters sometimes has to go through a small passage under the bridge, because most of the ice are not thick enough to support them
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People crossing the river Ouwe Rijn. Only every 15 years that ice covered the rivers and capable to support ice skaters in the Netherlands.
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A view to the Planetarium
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Rapenburg the most beautiful gracht in The Netherlands
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This is the only picture outside Leiden. A tram driver had to go out and clean the rail in front of the dutch parliament building
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A Push for a Moment 
February 4, 2012 at 2:58 pm |
Dear Sari and Jos, thank you for sharing your “as always” beautiful works. Also here is very cold this weekend. Last night was -15°.
A warm greeting.
Agnese
December 6, 2012 at 5:36 am |
Dear Agnese,
thank you for your kind words. Warm greetings from us….
February 4, 2012 at 2:59 pm |
Ambarum: enjoyed seeing your winter, and while I can feel you pain about the “cold under your feet” — here in Massachusetts we are “suffering” through the mildest of winters. Love that you shot with flash to show the snow falling. Good work.
December 6, 2012 at 5:36 am |
Thank you Frank. You have to play with the flash to get the “right” exposure to visualize it moody…
February 4, 2012 at 3:08 pm |
grandios !
December 6, 2012 at 4:54 pm |
Vielen dank Peter :))
February 4, 2012 at 3:09 pm |
Wunderbare Fotos 🙂
December 6, 2012 at 5:37 am |
Vielen Dank Peter!
February 4, 2012 at 3:23 pm |
Wonderful work but now I need a very hot cup of tea, ciao Sari & Jos 🙂
marinella
December 6, 2012 at 6:35 am |
Hello dearest Marinella..
Thanks you so much and greetings to Mr. Bond.:)
February 4, 2012 at 3:34 pm |
it’s been long time not seeing your photo. Always amazing 🙂
December 6, 2012 at 5:02 am |
Thank you Agus for lways spending your time.
February 4, 2012 at 3:45 pm |
I could spend hours just gazing at these pictures! such amazing scenes. I like the photographs with people just going about their daily routines! But honestly every photo has something to like in it. Thank you so much for sharing this. You guys are warm and wonderful photographers.
December 1, 2012 at 3:17 pm |
Thank you Timothy!
February 4, 2012 at 3:50 pm |
Dear Sari
you’re right, I do not have much time to visit all of the websites that I like your blog. Many commitments between this and my community http://www.micromosso.com, keeps me from doing anything.
I’ve seen some beautiful pictures with a beautiful conversion to BW … my compliments
December 6, 2012 at 6:51 am |
Dear Antonio,
Manythanks for your compliments as always for us . Jos and I try to consistently maintain this blog for it interesting.
Succes for you, too
February 4, 2012 at 4:33 pm |
Brrrr! Great shots…..I love the shot with the diver. We are still waiting for some snow this year…..very mild winter here. Regards,
Carl Merkin Photo New York
December 6, 2012 at 5:38 am |
Hi Carl, thank you for visiting our cold blog…Regards…
February 4, 2012 at 4:54 pm |
Great series !!
December 6, 2012 at 4:55 pm |
Thanks a lot dear Isodoros… regards
February 4, 2012 at 5:12 pm |
Wonderful photos Jos & Sari!!!!! I loved them ALL!! Thanks for sharing your beautiful work!!!!
December 7, 2012 at 11:57 am |
Dear Liz, thank you for your time and kind words!!
February 4, 2012 at 5:20 pm |
sehr schoen!!
December 6, 2012 at 5:21 pm |
Vielen dank Christian…
February 4, 2012 at 5:22 pm |
Hallo Jos, danke für den Link, hast wieder wunderbare “Schneegesichter einer Winterstadt” gesammelt, ich liebe ja den Schnee, aber bei uns war er diesen Winter sehr dürftig, wir mussten extra in die Berge fahren…meine Favoriten sind der Stuhl am geforenen Fluss und der verschneite Gastgarten 🙂
lg Claudia
December 7, 2012 at 11:58 am |
Hallo Claudia, danke dir auch und hoffe habt ihr diesmal mehr Glueck mit den Schnee..
February 4, 2012 at 5:36 pm |
wonderful pictures..
December 7, 2012 at 11:59 am |
Thank you very much!
February 4, 2012 at 5:54 pm |
Dear Sari and Jos, thank you for sharing !!!!!,Wonderful work,wonderful pictures!!!!
December 6, 2012 at 5:39 am |
Dear Sebastian. Thank you very much!
February 4, 2012 at 6:23 pm |
Dear
All of your pictures that I see tell me about the life of your small town … we too cold -21-24 …
Roman Kravchenko
December 6, 2012 at 5:15 pm |
Dear Roman Kravchenko,
Thank you for your visit. I think where you live is much colder…
Sari
February 4, 2012 at 7:11 pm |
nice pictures Jos! ….
December 7, 2012 at 12:00 pm |
Thanks a lot Baskoro!!!
February 4, 2012 at 7:14 pm |
Awesome!!!
December 6, 2012 at 5:21 pm |
Thank you Ozukaru!
February 4, 2012 at 7:20 pm |
very nice. i missed this.
December 6, 2012 at 5:23 pm |
Thank you…then come to europe 🙂
February 4, 2012 at 8:29 pm |
Jos these are fantastic pictures I like them very much! Snow is ideally suited for B&W interpretation. I know how you feel about the pain of the cold snow. In Bryce Canyon the knuckles in our hands felt like hammers had hit them it was so cold when we were photographing a sunrise. I put the M9 back in the bag and went back to the hotel to warm up, got back to the room after breakfast and took the camera out again and it was still icy to touch! Your pics look like it was even colder where you were. Have you shown these to Andreas H Kauffman? He would be impressed with them I’m sure.
December 1, 2012 at 3:20 pm |
Hi Neil, thank you! No, we didn’t yet show them to Andreas H Kauffman, but may be already does. What worries us is that the sensor get a crack….
February 4, 2012 at 10:03 pm |
What beautiful photos but the interesting thing is that you can feel the cold, so you actually have a sense of being there. Thanks, Sari and Jos.
December 6, 2012 at 5:25 pm |
Thank you very much Blazenka….glad you can feel the cold from the pictures. Actually we and our gear are wet from snow. If the snow fall stops, then we missed the timming…
February 5, 2012 at 12:28 am |
great picture, saya seperti bisa meraskan langsung suasana dalam photo ini.. trims mbk sari udah sharing photonya, kalo ada postingan baru mohon di tag lagi ya.. love this picture 🙂
December 6, 2012 at 5:29 pm |
Terima kasih Komang. Iya nanti kami posting, tapi Komang bisa follow blog ini atau subscribe…
February 5, 2012 at 7:21 am |
The atmosphere of each photo is very interesting and telling many story… i always love how you catch the moment… bravo!
Tante Sari and Om Jos.. 🙂
December 6, 2012 at 5:40 am |
Hello Andreas,
thanks for your visit, see you in Bali someday!
February 5, 2012 at 8:59 pm |
Excellent work!!! and great shots!!!
December 6, 2012 at 5:29 pm |
Thank you Charly!
February 6, 2012 at 12:07 am |
Ironically, we have had a very mild winter here in the States. Today, my wife and I were out in short sleeves and it should be cold enough for a warm jacket at least. This season’s weather has been a big change from recent years in many parts of the world,
December 6, 2012 at 5:30 pm |
Thank you very much for your visit Tom!
February 6, 2012 at 6:29 am |
Jos and ambar….it’been for a long time I did not see your pics…they are amazing…and not making your photogtaphing mood frozen…one thing could say about all those pics….I AM FREEZING!!… It’s nice to live here in indonesia.. 🙂
December 7, 2012 at 12:00 pm |
Thank you Andi! We also love the warm sun…but thats life…
February 6, 2012 at 9:56 am |
great job, as always… I like the pattern composition in some pics.. most of the people in the pics have been taken from behind.. so it’s bit lack of ‘human’ touch.. thanks for sharing! 😉
December 7, 2012 at 12:17 pm |
Thank you Vero, as you know. Martin Parr and some Magnum photographers took people from behind. Shooting people in Europe should be taken carefully, but we managed in most of our shots -if you see in other collection of our photographs- to take people from the front. Our style are different and we believe that we as photographer should do what we like and want to do and not what people like us to do…Regards from Leiden.
February 6, 2012 at 11:50 am |
Woow… wonderful. Honestly, I really enjoy every pictures of it. It tells many stories, I love it. Thank you for sharing, Thank god I’m not live in a cold weather country.
December 6, 2012 at 6:26 am |
Hello Pak Johan,
Many thanks for taking time and your lucky to live in a tropical country.
February 6, 2012 at 12:17 pm |
wonderful images…!!!
December 6, 2012 at 6:26 am |
Hello Hella Kiss, nice to see you and thanks
February 6, 2012 at 5:51 pm |
Gran trabajo de documentación con bellas imágenes, hermosa ciudad, felicidades Sari & Jos, un saludo desde Valencia Spain.
December 7, 2012 at 12:01 pm |
Thank you very much for your visit Tomas….glad to see you here again!!!
February 7, 2012 at 1:56 am |
Haloo Jos dan Sari.. apa kabar?
Cuaca disana sangat ekstrim.. salju membeku ya?
Semoga tidak terlalu lama dan berangsur normal kembali.
Foto2 nya ok.. disaat suhu seperti itu apa jari2 tidak kaku dan susah menekan tombol kamera?
December 1, 2012 at 3:21 pm |
Haloo Budhi, kabar baik….ya membeku makanya pakai sarung tangan dengan setengah jari terbuka agar gampang handle kamera. Terima kasih sudah mampir…
February 7, 2012 at 5:53 am |
Qué bonitas!, todas son una postal.
Calurosos abrazos desde el Sur de España
December 7, 2012 at 12:05 pm |
Thank you Tino!
February 7, 2012 at 10:18 am |
beautiful winter photos
December 7, 2012 at 6:17 am |
Hello Rik,
Many thanks for visiting . Good Luck
February 7, 2012 at 4:03 pm |
congratulation very good pictures!
December 7, 2012 at 6:18 am |
Dear Gerard,
Thank you so much and keep your work too
February 8, 2012 at 12:51 pm |
wow.. so cold I can feel the warm of my breath.. mba sari, you always take the people, I love it. and mas Jos, you prefer Landscape I love it too ^-^)y make me easier to reach the coldness you try to tell us. wonderful! (gosh, I’d die there, mbaaaak, don not invite me the during winter lah. no no no..) 😀
December 7, 2012 at 6:19 am |
Hi Wie,
Thanks a lot . Yes, the first snow is a magic.. I believe that!!
February 10, 2012 at 5:08 am |
Muchas gracias por enviar..!!! Disfruto mucho vuestras imágenes, capturan momentos singulares de una manera muy artística, ustedes son arte. Pienso en tanto frío y nieve y aquí en Chile verano intenso. Un gran abrazo y mi amistad. Paz.
December 7, 2012 at 12:06 pm |
Thank you for those kind words Isla de Maria!!
February 10, 2012 at 8:19 am |
Amazing black and white photos! I love them
December 7, 2012 at 6:20 am |
Thank you Thai and keep your work too…
February 10, 2012 at 8:28 am |
Thank you for sharing, wonderful photos, reminding me of my city of birth – Saint Petersburg, which was partly inspired by Dutch cities and towns.
December 7, 2012 at 6:24 am |
Your wellcome Maxim and thank you for visiting
February 14, 2012 at 1:12 am |
Wonderful shots! I’ve feel a bit cold on my foots!
December 6, 2012 at 5:17 pm |
Thank you Americo…
February 14, 2012 at 1:53 pm |
Wonderful series of images.
December 7, 2012 at 6:22 am |
Hi Simoneo,
I’m glad hear from you.. thank you and good luck
February 14, 2012 at 2:01 pm |
Such wonderful timeless imagery
December 6, 2012 at 5:08 pm |
Dear Anderson, thank you for your visit…
February 14, 2012 at 2:31 pm |
Excellent work, Sari ! Pleased to find you !
December 6, 2012 at 5:03 pm |
Hello Salvatore,
Many thanks for your comments..
February 14, 2012 at 8:06 pm |
pictures talking about life, small visual poems
December 6, 2012 at 5:03 pm |
Thanks Maurizio..
February 15, 2012 at 4:55 am |
Man, snow, we don’t get much of that here in the Northwest US. I remember seeing some of the images before, like the bus/tram driver and the last one. The world definitely looks different in white. Keep up the work!
December 6, 2012 at 5:02 pm |
Hi Araakii..
Glad to hear from you.. Keep your work, too
February 16, 2012 at 9:13 am |
Sorry to be late…Dear Sari and Josh, there is always a hidden but symbolic poetry captured from your eyes in everyday’s life…Seeing it in monochrome makes it timeless and more romantic than ever. Always a Great pleasure for the eyes and leaving a warm feeling inside. Sending you lots of love and hugs. XXX
December 7, 2012 at 12:07 pm |
Dear Sandra, thank you for visit and comments on our post. Glad to see you here again!!! Warm hugs, Sari & Jos
February 16, 2012 at 1:27 pm |
what a great series, my friends, love it! It reminds of Canda, brr! 🙂 Cheers
December 7, 2012 at 12:32 pm |
Dear Manfred,
Thank you very much for your time and comment. Regards
February 18, 2012 at 2:59 pm |
A great series. A lovely overview of the winter atmosphere captured in beautiful black and white.
December 6, 2012 at 4:58 pm |
Many thanks my friend..
February 28, 2012 at 4:02 pm |
Wonderful, I love your photos !
December 6, 2012 at 4:59 pm |
Hello Dickson,
Thanks for your visiting….. Leica ME?..:)
March 9, 2012 at 8:28 am |
Wonderful works as always. They remind me of the cold winter in NYC. A snowscape of the city would be the best situation for listening to contemporary piano. Now I’m in Tokyo and rarely have heavy snow. That’s what I miss most in northern city. Thank you for the inspiration.
December 6, 2012 at 5:01 pm |
Thanks for visiting and we love Tokyo too…
August 28, 2012 at 1:19 pm |
halo tante sari dan om jos 🙂
ini risty, temannya Verdy.
aku suka banget sama blog tante dan om, fotonya bagusbagus banget!
December 1, 2012 at 3:24 pm |
Hi Risty, terima kasih ya sudah mampir. Salam untuk Verdy….
Sari & Jos
December 2, 2012 at 7:48 am |
Masih mendapatkan foto-foto excellent meski cuaca dingin? Cuma pro photographer yang bisa. hahaha
December 7, 2012 at 12:09 pm |
Terima kasih Diba, iya sambil ketar ketir salju masuk kamera dan lensa kami. Kami juga disibukkan membersihkan lensa setiap saat, karena salju turunnya cukup deras. Tapi kami puas mengabadikan momen-momen ini karena tidak akan datang kedua kalinya.
December 1, 2019 at 5:45 am |
Jos dan Sari….foto2 kalian bagus2…..beberapa terlihat perspekstif dan beberapa terlihat aura muram ….kenapa gak mencoba dengan foto berwarna?
December 1, 2019 at 5:46 am |
Jos dan Sari….foto2 kalian bagus2…..beberapa terlihat perspekstif dan beberapa terlihat aura muram ….kenapa gak mencoba dengan foto berwarna?