All right, so today we talking about snow photography. Have you ever taken photos in
the snow that look like this?
Grey and dull ..as you could see?
Well, if this happens to you all the time, this is the right video for you ..stay tuned!
All right, so the camera is programmed to decide the colours starting on grey, so for
the camera, everything is middle grey. And so for the camera to understand that the snow
is actually white, is quite difficult. The camera thinks, as it sees so much brightness
in the shot, it thinks this might tbe grey ..and it turns grey .. so for the camera the
right exposure is when it's grey. And so, in this situation, as you can see, if I put
my camera in automatic mode, and I take a shot over here, the camera will do.. check
the settings, and the camera will do.. a 100 iso, which is pretty good, a 7.1 aperture,
which is fine because I want a quite big depth of field, and a 1/125sec of shutter speed.
All right? So then when you look at this photograph, you can see is DULL AND GREY ..i don't know
if you can see, is dull and grey. So then, what this tells me.. if I'm going to go up
in manual mode, and then modify the settings, I'm going to move the exposure to plus one,
+1 over exposed, so the camera will think this is a one stop over exposed, and I take
this shot.. click Now look from yourself ..now the SNOW IS WHITE! As white as it should be!
So, it's a pretty straight forward thing to do, you just have to, all the time that there
is snow, quite a lot of snow in the shot, put one stop of extra exposure, so you tell
the camera, although the camera is telling you that the exposure is right one stop below..
you tell the camera: I want it 1 stop over exposed.. and you get a beautiful result of
WHITE SNOW! And here's another example, put the camera in the normal settings, automatic
average exposure ..take the shot, and.. It's DULL and GREY!
Now i put plus one of exposure,
and it's BRIGHT and beautiful! It works all the time, sometimes when it's dark, you might
want to do over expose by 1,5 or nearly 2 stops over exposed, but don't exaggerate to
much because then otherwise, you're going to have problems with the highlights, but
pretty much all the time, one stop over exposed is perfect.
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Another thing to consider is that sometimes the snow reflects the colours, so it reflects for example
in this situation, it reflects the yellow of the sun, so the snow tend to turn yellow,
most other times it turns blue, so cold colours, so you need to check a little bit your white
balance, but the best thing is that if you shoot in RAW, that's the best thing, because
then, you can always, as you import the photos in your computer, you can always adjust the
white balance as you pleased. You have to find the photo that pleses you, first of all,
you are the artist, you decide when the photo is nice to your eyes, then hopefully, a bigger
audience will love your work. Okay?!
Yes yes, I know what you are thinking! You're thinking:"
Does the same thing applies to the video as well? Yes of course, have look! The camera
is set on video mode, DULL AND GREY ..adjust the exposure to PLUS ONE EXPOSURE and there
we are, ready for filming nice and WHITE SNOW!
Pretty simple hey?!
Keep following Fabulous Outdoor Photography ..let's go!
In the next video we're going to talk about the triangle
of exposure ..so the ISO, the SHUTTER SPEED and the APERTURE ..and how these three parameters
play a big role in your exposure and in your creativity into the shot, and.. try to force
yourself to use the MANUAL MODE ..it'll take a while, it'll be a longer process of learning,
but is much more rewarding when you finally get to do the photographs that you want and
that you see other photographers that inspire you ..do it.
It applies when you use your mobile phone as well, see here, for the mobile phone too, it's all grey, so you just have
to TAP THE SCREEN, and brighten up the exposure ..you go up by one, go up until you see that
is bright enough and then you take the shot. And take a look for yourself, this is nice
and bright, a right exposed picture!
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