Today is a blue sky powder day in Hakuba, Japan.

I don’t tweak my photos on photoshop and play around with contrasts and colours. My policy is to take a heap of shots and hope that one of them will come out ok. I was amazed by the colour of the sky against the white of the new snow on the Arctic White Horse Hotel this morning. Note how loaded the trees are. Once again be careful where you walk. It is not so bad with the fresh snow falling on you though.