Spring Snowstorm: Images from Spring 2011 LDS General Conference

Every six months the LDS church hosts a series of globally televised conference sessions out of their headquarters in Salt Lake City, UT. Some people lovingly refer to it as, "Mormon Woodstock," and even though there aren't any searing guitar covers of the national anthem by Jimi Hendrix or blatant displays of public nudity, it is a fantastic photo opportunity.

Usually I'll go downtown in the hopes of catching some interesting shot that juxtaposes the attendees filing past one of the many local street preachers who gather on corners to preach Hell, fire and damnation. But today, the weather must have dampened the preachers' spirits, because only a few of them showed up to torment the faithful. Instead, the early April snowfall yielded the most compelling images: