Photography in the snow

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In winter, after a heavy snow, everything is white. The white earth, white houses, white trees and the world wrapped in silver give people a pure and romantic atmosphere. Snow, snow crystals, fog, snow catching, snow-capped mountains, streams in snow, trees in snow, etc. In the snow scene, it will bring a lot of photographic subjects to photographers. Next, Shantou will share with you some tips for shooting various scenes of winter snow scenes, so that you can bring back different photos when you travel.

Rime, snow-capped mountains, streams in snow, trees in snow, etc. They all belong to a kind of "big scene" in the winter snow scene, and these pictures are usually seen when shooting snow scenes. In addition to shooting these "big scenes", photography can also try to observe the shape of snow in detail from the shape of snow. In the cold winter, countless ice crystals in the clouds become snowflakes. When the temperature is warm, water droplets connect with ice crystals and form snowflake particles (hereinafter referred to as snow particles) when they are cold. Careful observation of these snow particles, condensed into various snow particles, produces a crystal clear feeling under the irradiation of sunlight, which is really good photographic material. As long as you can master some shooting skills and shoot these seemingly insignificant snow particles, you can also bring back different photos when you travel.

Tips 1. Shoot the snow grains in winter and choose the best time to get a crystal clear feeling.

In the absence of light, snow particles are visually white or transparent. When the sun shines, it will shine, showing a crystal clear effect. Therefore, in order to shoot the crystal clear effect of snow particles, it is necessary to choose the best shooting opportunity of direct sunlight on sunny days.

Tip 2: Shoot the particles of winter snow and choose the right subject.

In clouds, snowflakes are usually hexagonal or hexagonal flakes. When snowflakes fall, due to different air saturation, columnar, needle-like and flaky snow crystals of different sizes will be formed. At this time, the snow particles formed by snowflakes have many shapes and sizes, and each snow particle is a beautiful pattern, very beautiful. Be sure to observe carefully when shooting, and choose different shapes of snow powder as the shooting subject, which is more conducive to shooting the three-dimensional sense of snow particles.

Tip 3: Shoot the particles of winter snow, choose the right shooting angle, and shoot the crystal clear effect.

Snow particles can be photographed from all angles, but if you want to get a crystal clear effect, you should choose the camera position in direct light weather. The most suitable thing is to move the plane position to ensure that the main snow particles irradiate in the opposite direction. Side backlight can ensure that the light receiving area of snow particles accounts for a small part and the shadow part accounts for a large part, so that the crystal clear feeling is easier to come out.

Tip 4: Shoot crystal clear snow particles in winter and set appropriate parameters.

1. Select spot metering mode and aim at the sub-bright part of snow particles for metering. Spot metering is based on the point that the photographer thinks is correct (snow particles should be the second brightest part), which makes it easier to measure light accurately and will not be disturbed by other light nearby.

2. Appropriately increase the picture exposure value (increase 1-2EV), so that the shot snow particles will be whiter, showing the crystal clear snow particles.

Finally, a word of caution:

When shooting snow scenes in winter, due to the great temperature difference between indoor and outdoor, when shooting outdoors, don't rush to take out your camera immediately, leave it outdoors for a while, and then shoot after the temperature drops. At low temperature, the battery consumption of the camera is very fast, so take more spare batteries. Keep the batteries warm and put them in a close-fitting pocket. Electronic equipment is easily damaged when it is wet with water. Pay attention to waterproof when shooting in snowy days to prevent water from entering the camera after the snow melts. The most important thing is to travel in the snow, and you must pay attention to personal safety when you slip on the road.

Photography is interesting, but it is also a science. Welcome everyone to participate in the improvement and discussion to improve the photography level together.