How to shoot the snow scene?

Snow always gives people a crystal clear, pure and beautiful feeling, and the photography of snow is often as touching as the fairy tale world. However, due to some characteristics of snow, it is not so easy to shoot, and the snow shot by novices is gray and lacks a sense of hierarchy.

"white plus black MINUS" to shoot snow scenes

The biggest problem in shooting snow scenes is that the exposure is not accurate. This is because snow is more reflective; Its brightness is often higher than the surrounding scenery. This will easily lead to the failure of the camera's automatic metering system and the inability to get correct exposure. Therefore, when shooting, if semi-automatic modes such as aperture priority or shutter priority are used, the exposure compensation function should be used to obtain correct exposure.

Generally speaking, the exposure compensation law of "white plus black minus" should be followed. In other words, exposure compensation should be increased when shooting white or bright objects. When shooting black or dark objects, the exposure compensation should be reduced.

Snowy shooting: Snowy days are generally cloudy, the sky is gloomy and the ground is white. When composing a composition, you should reduce the area of the sky, and it is best to avoid the sky appearing in the picture. At this time, it is necessary to increase exposure compensation, improve the brightness of the picture, and make the snow appear whiter. Generally, Ev+ 1 is enough.

Chu Qing shooting after snow: Chu Qing after snow, the brightness of snow is relatively high, and the light in the sky is relatively strong. If the snow scene with white effect is obtained only by increasing exposure compensation, the snow scene will lose its level change. When shooting a big scene, you can increase exposure compensation to make the whole picture brighter. However, when shooting small scenes such as snow drifts, the exposure compensation can be appropriately reduced. After reducing exposure compensation, the snow scene will not show a gloomy feeling, but will show a blue tone.

When shooting in aperture priority, shutter priority or P mode, it is necessary to increase exposure compensation to make the snow scene more white and crystal clear. When shooting with m-block, you should also be slightly overexposed.

Looking for the finishing touch in the snow scene

The most taboo of landscape photography is that the picture is empty and has no priority, especially when shooting snow scenes. After the snow, many scenery will be covered up. The snow is white, and many people don't know what to shoot. At this time, it is very necessary to find a theme for the picture, so that the original ordinary picture becomes active and plays the role of finishing touch.

Contrast with bright colors: the colors of snow scenes are mostly white, gray and blue, which are monotonous. If you can add some contrast colors, such as red, orange and so on. , the picture will immediately become vivid. For example, people wearing red clothes in the snow, or red lanterns hanging on trees.

Arrange a theme for the picture: if a picture has a theme, it will catch the attention of the audience at the first time and know what the photographer wants to express. A photo without a subject, even if it looks good again, will be forgotten once. The main body of the picture can be people, trees, snowdrifts, lanterns, animals and so on.

The red lantern breaks the coldness of the blue tone and the picture looks warm and lively.

Although the figure wearing red clothes playing with snow occupies a small area in the picture, it is the first time that people pay attention to it, and the addition of the main body makes the picture more focused.

Create a unique artistic conception by using white balance

By adjusting the white balance, photos can have different colors. When used in snow photos, the original gray and monotonous colors can be changed to create blue or red tones.

The white balance function is generally used to correct the color deviation of photos, so that photos can represent the true color of the scene. When shooting snow scenes, we should add color to the original colorless scenery. In general, it is not recommended to use shadows, cloudy days or set a high color temperature value to shoot the snow scene into warm colors, which will make the snow scene look weird and lack of beauty.

When shooting a snow scene, it is best to set the white balance to create a cool effect of blue tone, which is more in line with the characteristics of the snow scene. White balance can be set to tungsten lamp and white fluorescent lamp. Or lower the color temperature below 4000K to make the surface appear blue. However, don't adjust the color temperature too low, because blue is too strong and the picture will look fake.

Set a lower color temperature index, or shoot with tungsten lamp white balance, the blue tone of the photo will be deepened.

Expression of light and shadow in snow scene

The performance of light and shadow in snow scene should be considered from two aspects: the color of light and the direction of light.

Shooting in the morning and evening: In the morning and evening, the rays of the sun will be colored, and the golden sunshine will be sprinkled on the snow, and the snow will have another beautiful view. Coupled with the unique atmosphere of sunrise and sunset, the photos of the snow scene will be more artistic.

Use low-angle side light to shoot: Low-angle light shines on the object, which will form a long shadow and increase the interest of the picture. Side light shooting can not only shoot the bright side of the scene, but also shoot the shadow part, so that the picture will be more stereoscopic.

The light at sunrise is colorful, and the snow scene is more artistic.