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Photographing skills at night on snowy days

1. Borrowing light sources to shoot falling snow at night, most people know that they should look for light sources, such as neon lights, street lamps, car lights, even reflections on the ground and flashlights in their hands. I'm sure you've seen many of the following works. You can also make more use of the warm color of the light and the cold color of the snow to form a cold and warm contrast. If the cold and warm colors are reflected in the same picture, it can give people a strong visual impression through the subtle tension of the contrast.

2, flash photography, turn on the flash to shoot snowflakes, which can illuminate the nearby snowflake particles and make the feeling of "floating snow" more obvious. When shooting during the day, we often choose a dark background to set off white snow flowers; At night, flashing lights to shoot snowflakes is just the opposite, so you need to choose a brighter place as the background. The reason is simple, because there is insufficient ambient light at night, and turning on the flash will further "darken" the background.

3. Slow doors on snowy nights. Under the irradiation of neon lights, the night scene is like a dream, just like a fairyland, and the night scene is very suitable for slow doors. Long exposure definitely needs a good tripod and cable release first. Of course, the most important thing is to keep warm. When shooting at night in a snowy scene, if there is light, it will be a beautiful mixed color temperature, which is very distinctive. Without light, it will have its unique atmosphere.

4. Portrait on a snowy night. The snow scene is simple and You Ya, presenting a poetic white world and creating an excellent portrait photography environment for us. The snowy night is like a portrait, and all kinds of lights at night add a bit of aesthetics and dreams to the picture.

6. Urban scenery on a snowy night. Living in a city with many high-rise buildings, many people lament that they have no chance to go out and shoot large movies. They don't know that "the most beautiful scenery is not only in the distance", especially after the snow, the night in your common city will show another charming gesture, which is worth shooting well.