Practical Photography

Yesterday the Met Office offered a weather warning for snow and ice and cold miserable conditions but this does not stop hard core photographers like myself as after a snow storm, rain and wind you usually get a short period of excellent lighting. To get the best out of this you need to be prepared and have everything set up ready as this lighting is usually short lived.

Preparation should include having the right equipment set up ready to put up as soon as the weather calms, you also need to have a good idea of the images you want, the subject of the photograph and composition should be clear in your mind. You need to know the location pretty well, you cannot just turn up and expect to get good results on the day if you haven’t explored the surroundings before hand.

Most importantly you need to be conortable it is likely to be cold so you need to wrap up warm, if you are using models make sure they are comfortable as much as possible in between shots this way you will get better images out of them.