Introduction of snow shooting skills

The most unforgettable thing in winter is the snow scene. A perfect photo of the snow scene can remind you of a whole year.

Winter after heavy snow has a unique scenery, and the world wrapped in snow is the favorite of many photographers. Pure, crystal clear and soft snow gives birth to many loves for winter. So how to capture the scenery in the snow, and how to express the unique color, texture, poetry and romance of snow? I want to express my views here.

As for the preparation of photographic equipment, my standard is Canon 5D Mark III+EF17-40/4L USM+EF24-70/2.8L II USM. The wide-angle end has a unique charm when shooting scenery.

First, exposure settings

1. If visual exposure is used, it should be based on the scene not covered by snow in the picture, and then reduce the exposure by one or two levels after measurement.

2. For a still scene with a large area of snow, the camera's automatic exposure system will lead to a dark final effect. When setting, 5D Mark III of 1 file can be appropriately added for exposure compensation, or the aperture can be increased from half to one level to avoid underexposure.

3. When shooting a snow portrait, because the brightness of a person's face is very different from the brightness of the surrounding snow scene, it is necessary to give consideration to both. The solution is to determine the exposure according to the average brightness of face and snow, or to reduce the light ratio of face and snow by using auxiliary lighting means such as reflector or flash lamp, and reduce the contrast of the picture (except for photos with silhouette effect).

4. When using a large aperture to blur the background, we should pay attention to prevent the overall overexposure, and sometimes we need to equip grey mirror.

Second, the shutter speed

According to the photographer's different performance intentions, different shutter speeds can be selected when shooting snow scenes.

The falling speed of snowflakes is generally 1~2m/s, and its actual displacement speed is higher due to the influence of wind.

1. Fast shutter

If you want to shoot a scene where the west wind is rolling and snowflakes are flying, you can set the camera 5D Mark III to the shutter speed of1125s or higher, so that the snowdrift becomes a little flying flower, so that the composition is fuller. When shooting, you can choose a medium yellow filter to improve the brightness of snow and make up for the lack of light on cloudy days.

2. Slow shutter

If you want to focus on the dynamics of snow and people's expressions, you can use a shutter speed lower than 1/60 seconds. In this way, the flying snowflakes will draw white lines on the screen, making the works both dynamic and hazy, which is conducive to setting off the character and adding a little romance and elegance.

Third, the background and timing.

When shooting snow scenes, we should make full use of the dark background as a foil, so that it is easy to show snowflakes flying all over the sky.

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In addition, in order to highlight the effect of snow, you can choose the day when it snows heavily or when it snows to the maximum. Because, at this time, the snowflake is large and evenly distributed in the air, and the snowflake will present clear lines and clear tracks on the dark background, which truly reproduces the sense of the scene of the snow scene.

If you shoot a wide range of sky scenery, you can only see some snowflakes in front of dark objects, and other snowflakes can't appear.

Fourth, the direction of light and shooting angle

Flexible use of field light and different angles to obtain the strongest visual impact.

In order to show the bright and dark levels of the snow scene and the transparent texture of the snow, it is most appropriate to shoot the snow scene with backlight or backlight.

So even the foreground has a far-reaching atmosphere because of the backlight or side backlight. If you shoot the snow scene with front light or top light, because of the relationship between light level and vertical light, not only can you not make the snow-white fine-grained object have light and shade levels and texture, but it will make the object lose its three-dimensional sense.

Moreover, in order to make the snow and other objects in the snow scene present a layered feeling, it is best to choose soft light when shooting the snow scene.

When shooting people in the snow scene, it is necessary to increase the auxiliary light appropriately, and at the same time, the camera should be covered with a hood to avoid the interference of other light.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) Use of polarizer and color filter

1. Polarizer can reduce the brightness of polarized light reflected by snow, make blue sky and white clouds more prominent and improve color saturation.

2. Because the reflectivity of snow to solar light is extremely high, ultraviolet light and blue light decomposed in the reflected light account for a considerable proportion, so the contrast of the scene is low. The yellow filter can absorb cyan, blue, purple and other colors through yellow, orange, red and other colors, and filter out excess blue light. When shooting color film, add light yellow filter or Leiden 1B filter to avoid the blue tone of the photo. When shooting black-and-white film, you can use a medium yellow color filter to avoid gray snow and increase the refraction of snow and the contrast between snow and blue sky and scenery.

Six, equipment maintenance

It is very important to carry out simple cold-proof and moisture-proof treatment for the camera.

1. Add a UV mirror and hood in front of the lens.

2. Take your camera with you and protect it with your hands when shooting.

3. Avoid taking the machine out to shoot when the temperature is too low. Because there are many metal parts on the machine, which will shrink at low temperature, the parts are not harmonious when working. For example, the shutter parts slow down after cooling, resulting in overexposure of the film; In severe cold, the camera metering system, automatic film winder and flash will stop working because the battery voltage is too low; The film is fragile, easy to break at low temperature and easy to generate static electricity.

4. Prepare more batteries.

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