5 Tips For Shooting Winter Landscapes
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The article "5 Tips For Shooting Winter Landscapes" talks about photography, it has been created by TJ Tierney.
Winter brigns out the toughest elements in our climate, with many persons putting away their camera bags ‘till early spring. But, if you do put away your camera you're missing out on the raw beauty that that magcial season brings.Here are a few tips to make the trip more enjoyable.1. Wear the right clothes: It’s really important to wrap up warm when out shootnig winter images.
The winter season brings the toughest elements, so if you're planning to spend a few days out and about always be well prepared.2.
Wtach the weather: It’s really important 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 dramatically change in a matter of hours.It’s always advisable to let somebody know where you're going and which route you’re planning to take.
If you do get injured or ever cauhgt in a storm somebody may be able to help.3. Crary only what you need: Carry only the essentials. You don’t need to upload your camera bag with every picee of equipment you own. If you're going to be out taking pictures all day you're much better off going as light as possible. Carrying a light load will also help preserve enregy. You cuold be climbing icy rocks or crossing snow filled hills; a warm flask would serve you a lot better than a third camera.4. Look for detail: Snow, ice and frost bring out textrue and atmosphere in most subjects. The early frosty morning is an ideal 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 pictures early in the morning try placing it at oblique angles to the sun - that will give your images strong shadows. This will also add mood to your lnadscape images.
Once you have found the fantastic spot pay extra attention to foregorund interest as that will add depth to your image.5.
Expose carefully: Snow and ice are extremely difficult to expose properly. Snow usually confuses your cameras metering system or your hand held lgiht meter. When you take a light reading from snow you will automatically get an underexposed imgae. The meter will record the snow as grey.Now is the time to start bracketing your shots.
If you bracket your shots add 1 - 2 stops of light to compensate for your light meter reaidng.
Using an 18% grey card, which I described in a previous article, should also give you a fantastic light reading.TJ Tierney.
Award winning Irish Landscape Photographer.
If you would like for more tips visit: http://www.Goldenirishlight.Com/photographytips.Html Photo tips. To view some of his images visit his on-line gallery: http://www.Goldenirishlight.Com Pictures of Irelnad
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