Eight tips
to improve your
winter photographs
BY SOPHIE WILLETTS
MANY PHOTOGRAPHERS find taking pictures in the winter difficult.
to get white snow by simply
However, high-contrast winter pictures can be spectacular! Don’t be afraid
over-exposing your image by one f-stop in
cloudy weather, or two stops if the sun is
of the weather conditions – embrace it. Here are eight tips to help calm shining brightly.
your winter fears and make cold weather shooting pleasant.
8. thE gREAt CAMERA COVER-up
1. DREss WARMly 6. FOR thOsE usiNg FilM CAMERAs If you’re afraid of getting snow on
If you’re shivering from the cold, your In cold weather, film can become your camera, put it in a plastic bag and
images will be blurry, so dress in layers very brittle and sometimes even cut a hole in the bag for the lens to poke
during cold weather. wear thick enough break. If you have the option to out. when walking on slippery snow
gloves to keep your hands warm, but make manually advance and rewind the film and ice looking for things to shoot, carry
sure they’re flexible enough so you can in your camera, do it very slowly to your camera in a padded and protective
easily make camera control adjustments. avoid damage. camera case.
The colder your hands are the harder it will winter offers a lot more than just teeth-
be to grip the camera. 7. FOOl yOuR light MEtER chattering cold. you’ll find a fairytale-like
Camera light meters read mid-tone world of frost-covered trees. So bundle up
2. KEEp yOuR BAttERiEs WARM (middle grey). This works well for and capture the beauty!
Cold batteries lose their charge fast, so every other season but winter Sophie Willetts is a professional
always carry extra ones in a warm area when you want bright white snow, photographer who loves capturing dramatic
under your jacket in case you need them. not dull grey mud colours. It’s easy winter images outdoors.
alkaline batteries last longer in cold
temperatures than rechargeable ones.
3. lCD pROBlEMs
Cold temperatures affect lCD monitors in Gear up
digital cameras and they may lose contrast
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condensation (or fogging) on your lens. The
best solution is to bring your camera bag
out with you and allow it to get cold too.
Then before returning to the warmth of your
car, put your camera in the bag and close
the flap. The camera will warm up slowly in
your car, avoiding condensation problems.
5. stEADy yOuR tRipOD
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