How to take a unique photo of snow scene in winter?

Winter is the season to take beautiful snow photos, whether near home or in a foreign country. If you have a chance to travel in the heavy snow in winter, don't miss this excellent opportunity to shoot the snow scene, because everything will be covered with snow and everyone will feel a sense of silence. So, how to shoot the snow scene in winter?

1. Make good use of the shooting time at dawn and dusk in winter.

In winter, the sun rises faster than in summer and gets dark faster, but the time near dawn and dusk will be longer than in other seasons. This makes the prime-time shooting time longer than before. Spend some time outdoors, take pictures of scenery and portraits, and seize this excellent opportunity as soon as possible under the best light of the day.

2. Use tones to convey the artistic conception of the picture.

Of course, most photos in winter may be white, but we can set different artistic conception, and use color and natural light to define the story of the image, so that it looks lonely, bright, grand or powerful, such as taking a picture of a tree covered with snow and with only black branches, giving people a sense of calm and loneliness.

But if the sun is setting, the reflected light will create all kinds of colors, and these feelings inspired by the bright colors of the sky give people a sense of strength.

3. Taking a photo with chromatic aberration will help to highlight the image.

Everything in winter photos seems to be dominated by white, so try to find the colors in the pictures and focus on them, which will help to highlight the images, such as houses or plants, animals, flowers and some fruits. When light hits these points, capturing them will help create warmth in the image.

4. Prepare a large number of spare batteries

In cold weather, the battery of the camera charges faster than before, so when shooting in winter, you must prepare several batteries and put them in a warm place (such as in your trouser pocket) after being fully charged.

5. Keep warm (sweaters, hats, gloves) to keep warm.

When shooting in cold and snowy weather, your body temperature drops sharply when standing. Try to warm yourself up and wrap yourself up with sweaters, gloves and hats. Nowadays, outdoor clothes have the technology to help keep warm, so you don't need to bring a lot of clothes. If the gloves are light and warm, they will be very big, because you don't need to take off your gloves, adjust the camera settings, and don't forget to bring a hot drink when shooting outdoors, which will help keep your body warm.

6. Setting of camera shooting snow

Snow photography looks simple, but it is not, because white is easy to get and there is plenty of light, but there may be some small changes in color, so be sure to understand this before going out to shoot.

. Set the white balance to cloudy (or set the color temperature to orange) to compensate, and make the image look warmer.

To get the correct exposure, it is necessary to compensate 1 to 2 (EV) by increasing the exposure, which will help to prevent the snow from turning white and gray.

Using polarizers can help reduce glare and snow reflection, and also help to see the water flow better, because filters can also help reduce water reflection.