Some Tips For Shooting Winter Photography

Winter brings out the hardest elements in our climate, with several folks putting away their camera bags ’till early spring. if you do put away your camera you are missing out on the raw beauty this enchanting season brings.

Here are one or two tips to make the trip more enjoyable.

1. Wear the right clothes: It's completely necessary to wrap up warm when out shooting winter pictures. The winter season brings the hardest elements, so if you're planning to spend one or two days outside always be nicely prepared.

2. Watch the weather: It's extremely crucial to know what the weather is going to be like. You don't want to travel for a couple of hours and then hear a weather report that tells you that: the weather is wet for the next few days. During the winter months the weather can seriously change in a few hours.

It's always advisable to let someone know where you are going and which route you're meaning to take. If you get hurt or ever caught in a storm somebody may be able to help.

3. Carry only what you need: Carry only the essentials. You do not want to upload your camera bag with every piece of equipment you own. If you are going to be out taking photographs all day you're much much better off going as light as practicable. Carrying a light load will also help preserve energy. You might be climbing icy rocks or crossing snow filled hills; a warm flask would serve you a lot better than a 3rd camera.

4. Look for detail: Snow, ice and frost bring out texture and atmosphere in most subjects. The early frosty morning is the ultimate time for close-up photography. The frosty morning also brings out patterns in our landscapes.

Take care where you place your camera: if you're taking photos early in the morning try placing it at oblique angles to the sun – this may give your pictures strong shadows. This will also add mood to your landscape pictures. After you've found the perfect spot pay more attention to foreground interest as this could add depth to your image.

5. Show carefully: Ice and snow are very difficult to expose correctly. Snow generally confuses your cameras metering system or your hand held light meter. When you take a light reading from snow you may immediately get an underexposed image. The meter will record the snow as grey.

Now could be the time to start bracketing your shots. If you bracket your shots add 1 – 2 stops of light to compensate for your light meter reading. Using an 18% grey card, which I described in a previous article, should also give you an ideal light reading.

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