I wanted to create this series to show and appreciate the transition from winter to spring. Each photograph shows the minute changes in nature within this transition. By the end, each photograph shows how small changes over time lead to a big impact such as seedlings that are barely sprouting then growing into stunning flowers. These photographs also reflect how much my skills have grown from when I first started photography. I was inspired to try photography because I wanted to capture the small moments that can pass us by in an instant but bring so much joy when we’re aware of them.

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What inspired me to do this project was the anticipation of spring and knowing that bleak winter was almost over. I just had to stick it out a little longer. Photographing these small changes gave me hope over the passing weeks that spring would finally come.

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To start my project, I started capturing the current landscape. From then on, I started capturing how it began to change as the weather got warmer and the snow turned to rain. I would go on walks and begin to notice plants sprouting from the ground, birds arriving in flocks, animals waking from hibernation. If I was walking around, I just took a picture of whatever I found. A struggle but an important note that I encountered was the weather.

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Of course, bad weather makes it a little more difficult to shoot. But the transition from winter to spring isn’t linear and smooth. It can be sunny and in the sixties one week and snowing and in the twenties the next. Days with bad weather makes you appreciate the good ones more. Despite the difficulties I experienced and the patience needed for the project, in the end it was worth it. During my shoot, I discovered a less visited place on campus. There is a small walled-in yard by Roger Bacon Hall where there are flowering trees and plants. Over the span of a few days I got to watch the first flowers of the season bloom. A group of crocuses that most people just pass by. And as the weather got warmer, daffodils bloomed too. They’re small and not the most flashy flowers, but they were worth waiting a few weeks for.