​Four tips for snow photography

Winter shadows

A typical winter photography theme would be to photograph snow scenes and people in the snow, canvas prints as well as trees behind fallen leaves. If you're shooting a snow scene, it's best if it's sunny after the snow, especially if it's early morning light. In the sun, the use of side light and side backlight, the best performance of the snow and snow crystal texture of light and shade levels. The tone is also varied, even in the distance, and can produce a profound atmosphere. If you use the morning or evening sunlight to shoot snow scenes, the ground will reflect the golden highlights, and the effect is excellent. People who are trying to shoot snow often have a misunderstanding that where there is much snow, there is always snow. In fact, you need to find a very different color and texture of the snow background.

Metering

Correct metering and correct exposure are the keys to the success of snow photography. In a large area of snow, canvas printing australia the photometric system is used to measure light. Snow shots based on the data displayed are generally underexposed, even on cloudy days. Therefore, it is not suitable to directly use the automatic mode for shooting. It is recommended to use aperture preset mode, and positive exposure compensation, as appropriate to increase 1-2 block exposure or completely manual mode. Large area of snow may affect the focus, so it is recommended to use point metering mode. In the automatic state, the lens takes the metering of an object in the middle tone, and then locks the focus and panning the camera to shoot.

Snow scene filming

On a snowy day, to get a picture of snowflakes dancing, floating canvas frame choose a clean background as a backdrop. The light wants to come from a side, shutter speed is unfavorable too fast, it is advisable with 1/15 seconds to 1/60 seconds commonly, the snowflake that can make dance in the wind so forms line, have the feeling that snowflake flutters fall. To make a long line of snowflakes, you need a tripod and a slow exposure of one second. When shooting heavy snow characters, be careful not to let the snowflakes too close to the camera, so as not to let the snowflakes cover people's faces due to perspective.

In the shooting of snow scenes, branches, fences and buildings with snow should also be fully used as the foreground, so as to improve the expressive force of snow scenes, increase the spatial depth of pictures and enhance people's feelings of snow and ice. Most snow scenes are composed of white tones. In order to enrich the changes of tone in photos, you may wish to include some dark scenes to increase the level of tone in photos. Winter in the outdoor shooting frost snow flowers and trees, need to buy time. Without sunshine, photos are dull; with sunshine, the snow may soon melt away. It's worth noting the unique feelings of dew bamboo dressed in white, or a red flower peeking out of a melting snow cave. Snow photography accordingly to the size of the snow area, you can appropriately increase exposure.

White and blue

Winter, leaves withered, the tree crown bald, some solemn killing, it seems that there is no beauty. In fact, under the clear sky, the branches like a sword handle to the sky, full of strength. If you are lucky, you may find a unique canopy with blue sky and white clouds as the background and you can easily get a good picture. Snow branches are more graceful, northeast fog rime is a rare photography theme. To avoid glare from the snow reflecting light directly into the lens, it's best to have a hood on the lens, and if you don't have one, cover it up with something simple if necessary.

Winter track

Snow on the road in winter, under the rolling of vehicles, the formation of a trail, is also a good subject. The broad surface of the road gives the picture a feeling of vast extension. The mark of the vehicle becomes symbolic at this time, symbolizing the distance or the journey of life. It impacts people's heart with its unique visual language, showing the endless passage of time and people's sense of helplessness in the journey.

Protection measures

Protect your camera when shooting in winter. To keep the camera warm outdoors, wrap the camera inside the jacket to keep it from freezing. When shooting indoors from the outside, don't rush to take the camera out. Make sure it ADAPTS to the indoor temperature for a while. If there is a mist on the glass surface of the lens, you can't take a picture right away or wipe it with anything, split canvas wall art just leave it to dry.