What's your technique to shot better picture in snow

[walkien]

I'm going to take the kids to snow gliding this weekend, I need help of how to shot better picture in snow.

Thx

[Scottes]

Set EC to +1 or even +1.5 if the scene is almost all snow. Checking your histogram for the first few shots is a very good idea. Try to stay away from large shadow areas since this may cause too much of a range for the camera to capture. If you shoot with something in the background (trees, buildings, etc) make sure they're adequately lit - against the bright snow they may enderexpsoe too much and look bad. Very low sun is great as it will highlight the bumps and hills of the snow, which can become quite featureless at noon.

Carry two batteries and keep one in your pocket. If the camera battery gets cold it will shortly display as being empty. Swap batteries, and when you warm up the cold one you will find that it still has charge left in it.

[Persian-Rice]

Meter against the sky (if its clear) or preferebly a grey card. You can also bracket if you wish. If you meter with either, your shots should come out right.

[blackviolet]

if you don't have a grey card, meter off the palm of your hand and use the histogram to check your shots.

enjoy the snow - it's going to be sunny and hot here this weekend (high 30's). i'm probably going to take the kids boogie boarding this weekend

[Andy_T]

Don't eat ... err, meter off ... yellow snow :lol:

Best regards,
Andy

[meow]

Another option is to meter off the (white) snow. :lol:
Then "overexpose" to place the snow in the zone where you want it. In shadow +1 might work, in sun you need more. It's best to try and see how it comes out in the given situation and with the camera you use.

[Steveo31]

Bracket +/- 1 at +.5-1 ev has worked for me.

So for example, the exposure of the evaluative (overall) metering says 1/250 @ f/11. Put the camera on +.5 to +1 and bracket over 1 stop (+1.5 - ~1/100 @ f/11) and under one (+.5 - 1/200 @ f/11). Works for me :)

[KO_300D]

don't forget too that if you just can't get the exposure exactly as you'd like, opt to underexpose rather than overexpose because if you blow out any areas of your shot you won't get them back, whereas if you underexpose a bit you can always play with different layers and bring them up a bit