Alica Dickerson,  Four Legged Photo

What's more fun than building a snowman? Building a snowdog and then getting a great photo! Our snow dog has a collar, leash, leaf ears and a red light-up nose. And doesn't the snowman look a lot happier to have his best friend by his side? But technically you have some issues when photographing in the snow. Cameras in automatic modes tend to make a snowy field (or any white scene) go medium gray. Your camera thinks it is doing you a favor by making the scene less bright. In most cases your camera is right, but snow photos just look muddy.

 

Use the following tips for photographing in the snow, a white wedding cake, a close up of a white dog, etc.

 

If you have a snow setting on your camera, use it. If you have a more advanced SLR type camera, use exposure compensation in any of the more automatic modes (such as Program, Aperture Priority

 

 or Shutter Priority) and add in at least 1 stop of light, maybe even 2. If that fails, make sure to correct your photos later in your editing software by adding in more light with brightness/contrast, levels, curves or exposure correction. Enjoy shooting and don't forget the snowdog!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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