Autumn Snow on the Flatirons. Boulder, Colorado, 2012
Regardless of what the astronomers and the calendar might say, I have always felt like the start of winter was marked by the first significant snowfall. Over the past few weeks we have had some light snow dustings in the high mountains, but it was only just last night when we finally got our white, wet blanket down here in the relative lowlands at 5500′.
Winter offers some great opportunities for photography, so don’t hide inside–get out and create! It might be tempting to sit at the computer in a warm house and play with your old images from summer and fall, but there are new images outside in the snow that await.
One quick reminder about shooting in the snow–you’ll need to overexpose slightly or your snow will come out a muddy grey. I shoot primarily in aperture priority and I simply dial in some positive exposure compensation and check the histogram on the LCD. I try to get the histogram to sit toward the right hand side of the graph but without touching or overflowing past the righthand edge which would mean blown highlights. Shooting in RAW will help you make these exposure adjustments in post-processing, but it’s nice to get them as close as possible to correct in camera.
Dress warm and have fun!
Autumn Tree in Snow. Boulder, Colorado, 2012
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