This year, capture winter's beauty with your camera and use Picaboo to quickly create a custom photo book to display for
years to come.
Photography in the winter can be challenging due to the cold temperatures and bright snow conditions. However, winter photos
can also be incredibly rewarding.
Here are some tips to help you get the most out of your winter photo shoots:
- Be sure to bundle up both yourself and your camera. Since cameras run on battery power, they may experience malfunctions if
they get too cold.
- Be sure to wear lots of warm clothes and head indoors if you feel yourself getting too cold. It's a
good idea to wear a thin pair of gloves under a heavier pair. That way, your hands will stay warm and you can slip off the
heavier gloves and manipulate your camera wearing only the thinner gloves. Some companies make special photography gloves
with holes at the fingertips.
- Another challenge of winter photography is the brightness of the light reflecting off of the snow. When a camera's built
in light meter tries to correct for the bright snow, you can end up with underexposed, grey images. Overexposing your snowy
photographs can help correct for this. Your camera's manual can help you determine the best way to develop an overexposed
photo for snowy conditions.
