How to shoot beautiful snow?

Because the brightness of snow is very high, if you expose it according to the photometric value calculated by the camera, it will cause underexposure and make the photographed snow gray. Therefore, exposure compensation function is generally used to correct exposure when shooting snow scenes. It is usually necessary to increase the exposure compensation of 1 ~ 2 files. However, not all snow scenes need to increase exposure compensation. If the snow area in the shooting scene is small, there is no need for exposure compensation.

In the severe winter, the cold is pressing, and all the trees in the forest turn white. The picture fully shows the noble, holy and cold atmosphere of winter. When shooting, the photographer made the first big tree look particularly tall through special arrangements, while the small trees behind it were arranged neatly and orderly, giving people a sense of subordination.

Backlight highlights the graininess of snow.

When shooting snow scenes, in addition to ensuring accurate exposure, the choice of light is also very important. The ideal light is the oblique sunlight in the morning and evening, and the side light or backlight is helpful to express the crystal texture and three-dimensional sense of snow. If you shoot a small piece of snow hanging on a branch or thatch, it seems that the snow is surrounded by a circle of shiny outlines under the backlight, and it is crystal clear. At this time, you should choose a dark background to enhance the contrast between light and dark.

In winter on the mountain, the cold wind is biting, snow covers the whole mountain, and only a part of the playful trees are exposed. This photo was taken against the light, and some warm light was dyed for the Lan Xue granules, giving them a prominent graininess. The whole picture is as beautiful as a fairy tale world.

Contrast the blue sky with the snow.

According to the color theory, blue and white can produce better contrast effect in the same picture, thus making blue appear bluer and white appear whiter. Therefore, when shooting a snow scene, you can use a look-up angle with the blue sky as the background to make the snow in the picture appear whiter.

If you use the head-up angle when shooting, the foreground can't be blocked, so that you can shoot the blue sky, and the area of the sky can't be too small when composing, otherwise the color contrast effect is not obvious enough.

When shooting, you can use a polarizer to reduce brightness, improve color saturation, and make the sky bluer, thus showing the main body such as tree hanging and snow more prominently.

The sky is so pure and blue, the trees under the sky are wrapped in silver and the chill is exposed. Photographers combine the two to shoot, and through strong color contrast, white appears whiter and blue appears bluer.

Through the contrast of light and shade, the picture level is richer.

When shooting a snow scene, we should choose and arrange the scenes in the picture, and enrich the level of the picture through the contrast between light and dark. Because snow often covers or partially covers some objects on the ground, the proportion of snow in the picture is usually larger than other objects, and the proportion of light colors in the tone is also larger than other colors. Therefore, if we don't pay attention to the choice and arrangement of scenery in the snow, the picture will appear dull, lacking a sense of hierarchy and depth.

Therefore, when shooting a large-scale snow scene, it is necessary to activate the picture through the arrangement of dark elements such as buildings, trees, rocks, people, birds, ships, etc., so as to make the picture from shallow to deep, full of changes and levels. In addition, if there are traces of human or animal activities in the shot scene, they should be arranged in the picture, so as to increase the layering of the picture, enhance the tone contrast, enrich the line structure and make the picture more rich, vivid and lively.

When snow covers everything between heaven and earth, the whole world seems to be covered with a white coat, just like a fairy tale world, which makes people yearn for it. When shooting, dark houses were arranged in the foreground. Through the contrast of light and dark colors, the sense of space of the picture is strengthened and the picture level is enriched.

Dye snow

When shooting a snow scene, the photographer can combine the color temperature of the light source in the actual environment to get a clean pure white tone, a cool blue tone or a golden contrast tone. You can also combine the white balance setting of the camera to obtain a unique picture tone effect and serve the theme of the picture.

For example, using cloudy or shadow white balance mode helps to make the tone of the scene warmer and dye the snow red or yellow; If you want to make the snow look colder, you can use the white balance mode of "fluorescent lamp" or "incandescent lamp" to dye the snow blue.

The huge ice cubes turn yellow under the sunlight, which is more and more prominent against the sea and sky, and the main body of the picture is emphasized.

Display a large area of snow by high horizontal line composition

If you want to show a large area of snow, you can use high horizontal lines to make a composition. This composition can not only present the broad momentum of the subject, but also give people a stretched and stable visual experience. It is best to use a wide-angle lens when shooting, so that the snow appears wider.

The ice and snow on the lake are clean and cold, and curved lines shuttle freely on it. High horizontal lines, sky and mountains only occupy a small part of the painting, making the snow area appear bigger.

Using side backlight to express the crystal texture of ice and snow

When shooting ice and snow, we should pay attention to showing its crystal clear texture. Besides reducing exposure compensation and aperture, we should also pay attention to the choice of light and background. Under normal circumstances, it is appropriate to choose side light and side backlight to shoot at a lower angle. In this light, the subtle light and shade changes of ice and snow will be magnified, thus making the picture more stereoscopic. When expressing the crystal clear texture of ice and snow, we usually choose a colorful environment as the background.

Using backlight to shoot the ice and snow hanging on the branches, the ice and snow show a crystal clear texture against the dim and fuzzy background, and the picture is very charming.

Side lighting highlights the texture of snow.

When shooting a snow scene, you can avoid the picture from looking pale by expressing the texture of the snow, so that you can have better details in a picture with simple colors. In order to show the texture, we try to choose side light when shooting, and show the texture of snow with obvious contrast between light and shade.

Choose the light level according to the characteristics of snow. If the ground scenery is high, you can shoot it in the morning or afternoon when the light is high; If the ground scenery does not fluctuate, you can shoot it in the early morning or evening when the light is dark to show the texture of snow.

With a sense of hierarchy, the picture will appear richer, and side light can create such a picture effect.

Shoot the snow scene with soft light.

When shooting snow scenes, if you don't need to highlight the texture of snow, you can use soft light to shoot snow scenes and create beautiful snow scenes. Usually, when the fog does not disperse in the early morning of winter, the light refracts and shines on the scenery, so the brightness of the subject becomes less obvious and the picture feels very soft.