It's hard to believe that it's that time of year again.  Time to put up the tree and hang the stockings.  Here in eastern North Carolina we don't have much snow, so here at Martha Peoples Photography, we decided to remedy that!  First I researched snow machines and found out that the snow from those does not always stay on the ground.  So I needed to come up with a way to have snow on the ground.  We were shooting outside, so I didn't want to have a lot of cotton laying on the ground.  I wanted it to look realistic.

 I found a product called artificial fake fluffy white snow powder.  This is the neatest thing ever!  You just add water and the powder turns into cold fluffy snow!  We had so much fun making it that all I wanted to do was quit work and play in the snow!

After making the snow, I laid it on the ground around the tree stand and then turned on the snow machine.  Voila!  Instant snow scene for Christmas portraits!  All we added was hot cocoa and trees!

The joy on the little girl's face was priceless!  Even the teenagers liked it.  I always like to find something fun and different to do during my sessions.  We have had painting sessions, cooking sessions and playing in the leaves, but I think this snow session is one of my all-time favorites!