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A Weekly Column By Mike Johnston
Springtime in Wisconsin

Twilight Thunderhead, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Photograph byChris VenHaus.Small format (Canon 35mm).
I know it's banal to talk about the weather, but this Spring's been crazy. How's this for weird: in the first days of April we got several inches of snow. Then, on tax day, it was 88 degrees, a record for the day by a whopping 8 degrees. My son, seen below in his winter coat and snow pants, was running around in shorts and no shirt having water-balloon fights with his friends. And then, a week later, at the end of April, we were back to snowflakes and freezing temperatures again.
My son basking in the balmy Spring weather on our back deck.
Photography can have seasons, too, depending on what you're obsessed with. Landscape and other outdoor photographers may have various seasonal specialties‚ the late Fred Picker of Zone VI Studios made winter snows and ice integral to his subject matter, for instance, and Alex Webb's p...