How to take good photos in skiing activities?

I choose medium telephoto+wide angle+fisheye for skiing. The equipment I often use is EOS 5D Mark III+ Canon af 17-40mm F/2.8L USM+ Canon EF 70-200mm F/2.8L IS II USM+ Canon 15mm F/2.8. A tripod is needed to fix the plane position. Needless to say, the release of the camera line can directly prevent the slight jitter caused by our hand pressing the camera, resulting in blurred images.

Camera settings

Exposure; expose

Due to the strong reflective characteristics of the snow scene, if the light is directly measured against the snow scene, the picture will be underexposed and dark. Because the scene is too bright, the camera will automatically reduce the exposure, so most photos taken in the ski resort look great in the snow, but skiers often turn into a dark silhouette! To follow the principle of "white plus black minus", pay attention to manually increase the EV value 1-2.

white balance

Habitually check the white balance setting of the camera before shooting. If your camera is still set to normal "automatic white balance" at this time, then you are miscalculated! The picture you get in this mode will be "full of blues"! If your camera doesn't have the function of manual white balance setting, or you can't set it skillfully manually, then you can directly choose the automatic white balance mode of "snow scene/cloudy day" at this time; If you are skilled in using your own camera, you can take a custom white balance picture of pure white snow according to different camera setting modes, so as to set the most correct white balance in your environment.

concentrate

In order to avoid autofocus errors, the most commonly used method is to focus in advance, that is, trap focusing. We first focus on the static part of the scene where the subject will be, then lock the focus and press the shutter when the skier passes by. Pay attention to the advance when shooting. Skiers skate very fast. If you see a skier in the viewfinder, it's too late to press the shutter again. Take more photos at the scene to try the feeling and adapt to the skiing speed of skiers as soon as possible.

Writing skills

Like other photography, a good skiing work must have a good composition. The premise of good composition is that the photographer should stand in the right position, and he needs to determine the shooting point after comprehensively considering the background and the skier's movements.

A. low-angle composition

Under different shooting angles, the impact of photos is completely different. For example, when shooting athletes on the snowy road, professional photographers usually lower the shooting angle and squat or climb on the ground to shoot. The result of this is: on the one hand, they can bring more blue sky or environmental background, and the space is more three-dimensional; On the other hand, it can record the skier's movements more accurately and make the photos look more impactful.

B. Correct standing posture

To capture the classic movements of skiers, you need to stand in a position where you can take such photos. For example, when the mountain is downhill, the skier's turning posture at the flagpole will be very beautiful and natural, and the snow under his feet will splash and be full of movement. Usually I