Trick Shots: Snow

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    • Jump in to winter photo opportunities with these tips

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    By Rick Sammon, Photography By Rick Sammon
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    Trick Shots: SnowTaking pictures in the snow is cool, literally and figuratively speaking, but snow scenes present certain photographic challenges. First, all that white can fool a camera’s exposure meter into thinking that the scene is brighter than it actually is, therefore setting the camera for an underexposed picture. The remedy: Set your exposure compensation dial to +1. The increase should give you a better exposure, which, of course, you can fine-tune further with exposure compensation and in the digital darkroom.


    Trick Shots: Snow Second, on overcast days, you have the challenge of low contrast. When you’re out shooting, keep in mind that you probably want to increase the contrast of an image in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. Be careful, though—increase the contrast too much, and the bright parts of the snow will be washed out.

    Unless you’re looking for a dreamy, soft picture, most likely you’ll want to increase the sharpness of an image as well. Be careful about oversharpening, which can make a picture look pixelated. Keep in mind that RAW files need more sharpening than JPEG files.

    Trick Shots: Snow Both of these pictures—the polar bear that I photographed in the sub-Arctic and my son, who I photographed in our backyard—were enhanced in Photoshop using the aforementioned techniques. I lead off this article with these photos to illustrate that you can use all of the following techniques no matter where you’re photographing in the snow—close to home or far away.

    Okay! Let’s chill out and check out some more tips.




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