How to get great shots in the snow

Depending on where you live, the opportunity for winter photography is an event every day during the winter months, one of those times that you just have a ski vacation, or something in between.

If you happen to live in a place where a lot of snow is found that every winter you can take great pictures of winter with your digital SLR camera with just a few simple tips. Read on for my guide, how to get perfect pictures of snow!

Snow Photography Tips for preparation

Pictures of objects in the snow many challenges, some of which are not prepared in advance. Finally, the winter can be very unpredictable. It is therefore important that you prepare the time for the item that you know that you, as the following three situations are sure to find:

• Heat, Golden Dawn light, combined with the cool blues of the snow are magical effects. (Alternatively, you can take pictures at dusk and dramatic images.) In addition, the snow relatively free of fingerprints, if you arrive early!
• Warm clothes and rain gear. This may, of course, but you will be surprised how quickly the heat would be lost in the snowy conditions. Buy "Shooting Gloves" (ie twice as gloves and fingerless gloves) and do not forget a hat.
• Make sure your camera batteries are fully charged, and keep the camera in a camera bag while driving, so it's not too cold. When you get home, try the camera in the coolest part of the house and let rise gradually to avoid condensation. You can invest in bags of silica when the temperature difference is a real problem.

Use the correct positions

The device tries everything toned average do, and that can cause problems when taking the snow. Bright white snow confuses your camera and can lead to underexposed shots ... and the snow looks gray in the final image. You need your camera to help in one of three ways.

• First, the picture and focus. Then you zoom in on an area of snow in the scene. With the exposure compensation button, call a value from 1 to 3.2 eV +2/3, depending on the brightness of the snow. Take a meter reading, remember the settings, switch to manual mode and check the shutter speed and aperture new. This exhibition will ensure that snow is white, but there will be other objects not to blow on the photo.
• If raster objects (such as rock or gray) are visible in the scene, take a meter reading on these foundations. Set your camera to these settings will then help correct the snow. You need to choose a small negative offset (such as -1 / 3 EV) to the highlights in snow blowing stop.
• Alternatively, you can use the histogram in the camera to make the exposure. Take a test shot and check the histogram. If it choose a little "bump" in the middle, and then only in a small positive correction to add shine. If the plot seems to fall on the edge of the right hand, then simply choose a small negative offset to stop blown highlights.

Dealing with reflections

• Using a lens hood when the photos in the snow is vital. The rocket caused by snow, can see blurry photos.
• For the same reason, avoid using flash as he bouncing off the snow and cause overexposure. If this is indeed the snow during recording, snowflakes tremendous probably snowballs overexposed light deflection.

Think creatively

• Stark white sky and snow covered objects seem very strange, especially if you shoot in black and white, so be creative with your photography snow.
• Look for interesting contrasts in color. Red objects photographed and snow still look very strong, but carefully under the photos in this situation.
• Less is often more, so do not try to cram everything in one shot. Look for interesting trees, buildings and other objects - click! Framed own objects in a white background to make strong images.
• Use the RAW format, so you. Easy to make adjustments in post-production
• The low light of the winter months can long shadows on the ground, which are particularly striking to throw in the snow. Use the shadows to bring the viewer into the picture. (But make sure your own shadow not visible in the final plan!)

Shutter speeds Experience

• Use a tripod and slow shutter speed, when it snows, do some "stripes" in the image. That may very creative!
• When the snow is blowing around in the strong winds, but you need to use a faster shutter speed.
• If there is no wind at all, is likely to have a slow shutter speed of about 1/15 of a second.
• Capture Slower variations in shutter speed of light, especially at sunrise or sunset.