Sun, frost and snow make it possible to create beautiful winter landscapes. At this time of the year, familiar pictures change beyond recognition and are constantly undergoing metamorphosis. Use the beautiful winter days to be creative and create unusual and interesting photos.
Instructions
Step 1
Don't trust the camera's automatic metering as it perceives snow as a medium gray object. In the case when snow takes up most of the frame, enter an exposure compensation of +2 stops, which will halve the luminous flux. If your camera is capable of spot metering, do it on the important subject of the frame, lock the exposure, and shoot after recomposing the frame.
Step 2
Take a lens hood with you to be able to take backlit shots against the sun. This way you can get very good shots. Use a polarizing filter to remove excess glare and make colors appear deeper and more saturated. The "sky" filter will protect the lens and highlight the blue part of the spectrum, which prevails in scenes with a snowy background. By using a star filter, you can create a radiant halo around any point light source. Use simple color filters to create images with red or green snow.
Step 3
Plan your shooting time in advance. Photos are best taken in the morning or evening, when interesting colors and long shadows from objects prevail. Try to choose such angles so that the lighting is from your side. From the side of the sun, it is better to shoot recently fallen snow with some object on it. Do not overload the frame with a lot of details and unnecessary elements. Try slowing the shutter speed slightly to avoid using the flash.
Step 4
Look for original details and interesting compositional solutions. The composition of the shot should be structured in such a way that the viewer's eye is drawn to unusual lines and curves. An interesting solution would be to accentuate a brightly colored object with an original shape. When shooting animals and birds in the zoom mode, blur the background as much as possible to make them stand out more clearly.
