Eight tips
to improve your
winter photographs
BY SOPHIE WILLETTS
MANY PHOTOGRAPHERS find taking pictures in the winter difficult. However, high-contrast winter
pictures can be spectacular! don’t be afraid of the weather conditions – embrace it.
Here are eight tips to help calm your winter fears and make cold weather shooting pleasant.
If you’re shivering from the cold, your your camera, do it very slowly to hole in the bag for the lens to poke out.
images will be blurry, so dress in layers avoid damage. When walking on slippery snow and ice
during cold weather. Wear thick enough Camera light meters read mid-tone looking for things to shoot, carry your
gloves to keep your hands warm, but (middle grey). This works well for camera in a padded and protective
make sure they’re flexible enough so you every other season but winter camera case.
can easily make camera control when you want bright white snow, Winter offers a lot more than just
adjustments. The colder your hands are not dull grey mud colours. It’s easy teeth-chattering cold. You’ll find a
the harder it will be to grip the camera. to get white snow by simply fairytale-like world of frost-covered
Cold batteries lose their charge fast, over-exposing your image by one f-stop trees. So bundle up and capture the
so always carry extra ones in a warm in cloudy weather, or two stops if the beauty!
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area under your jacket in case you sun is shining brightly. Sophie Willetts is a professional
need them. Alkaline batteries last If you’re afraid of getting snow on your photographer who loves capturing
longer in cold temperatures than camera, put it in a plastic bag and cut a dramatic winter images outdoors.
rechargeable ones.
Cold temperatures affect LCD monitors
in digital cameras and they may lose
contrast on a cold day. Solve this
problem by turning your monitor off and
composing pictures through Gear up
the viewfinder. You’ll also conserve
battery power.
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