jetcode wrote in post #11532410
The last 2 weeks here on POTN have featured some of the nicest snow based landscapes I've seen in a while. All we get here is rain and overcast and the occasional light show. I am itching to get up to the Sierras and shoot some snow. Problem is I haven't had a real winter coat in so long I will for sure freeze in the nippy morning air waiting for sunrise. So do I go and sacrifice comfort to capture high contrast eye candy in a gorgeous setting or let POTN members continue to blow my mind with off the chart imagery and stay home and do studio work in the warmth of my home?
Personally, I think you are missing out just seeing things in the pictures of others. You say you haven't had a winter coat in a while. Let me give you some tips. People start to think that cold weather means you HAVE to use heavy coats. I live in Northern Michigan where we can get over 200 inches of snow a year. (For the record, not the highest amount in Michigan by far) I own ONE heavy coat for every day use and that is all. For hunting and fishing and photography I do not use it. I use what is called the layer method of dressing. Let me give you a possible method. You can alter all you want.
First, against my skin I wear my normal underwear, and then a layer of thin high performance underwear like underarmor. Then, I will wear two or three layers of sweats. I have a pair of snugger fitting running pants I wear first and then two pairs of standard sweats. I wear a normal teeshirt up top, an under armor style long sleeve shirt and two sweat shirts. I also have a heavy wool sweater that zips up in the front. Over these layers on my top and my bottom, I wear a thin lined wind breaking style of parka. Over the bottoms I wear a pair of carhart, heavy weave pants. You could also use any kind of wind breaking pant. Here is the beauty, if I get a little on the cold side, I can easily add another layer. IF I get warm and start to sweat, the kiss of death in the cold, I can take off a layer and help moderate my body temp. Add to that a nice hat on your head, a couple layers of socks and a pair of boots and you are quite close. My wife also hunts and is outdoors with me and can not handle the cold as much as I can but she loves to hand warmer packets that are fairly cheap at most discount stores and sporting goods stores in areas of cold weather. She puts one in each front pocket of her jacket, and also gets the boot models (smaller is size) and puts one in each boot. She can last sitting in 10 degree weather for 3-4 hours. Of course, if things get to cold, pop back in the car and warm up a bit. But by all means, don't let the cold stop you from enjoying what the others are viewing. 
