Turning Photographs Into Art Part 4: Overexposure and High-key Images

The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it.
Leonardo da Vinci
Fog and snow in the Northern New Mexico mountains
1 - Photographing in a snowstorm - A snowstorm in the northern New Mexico mountains
It took me several minutes to realize I was caught in a serious snowstorm. Going from the low desert to the mountaintop in a few miles does that to you.  I took the situation seriously when the truck got sideways, then slid backward in four-wheel drive.
I should have realized that I needed to turn back and head down the mountain. Instead, I parked my truck on the road, took my camera and headed out in the direction of a clump of trees that captured my attention.
Everything in my viewfinder was white except for the trees. White sky over white land with trees playing hide and seek, visible for a few seconds before disappearing again behind blowing snow.
The snow-colored everything white.  The trees were the only element that had substance and color, th...