OK so it's been snowing here in London it's just a great opportunity to get
some photographs the snow just lends itself to getting something a little bit
different and also you can get to some wonderful photographs so now's your
opportunity but there's a few things you just need to be aware of whether using
an DSLR like this or a smartphone like this. There's just plenty of opportunity
but I've got a tip on what you should do to get the exposure just right but
before I do be really careful you can see I've got
the camera attached around my neck it's on the strap sometimes I don't do that
but in the snow you've got your gloves on your hands are cold you've got less
grip on the camera so my advice is to make sure it's secure keep the strap on
keep it round your neck now the other thing is with these cameras or even with
your phones in the cold the batteries don't last as long and you might just
want to think about you might need some spare batteries as well if you're going
out in the snow to get some pictures the other thing is be aware the camera is
going to get cold when you go inside the camera is going to get warm again and
you'll see condensation on the front of the lens so good idea is just to let it
warm up by itself don't try and clean it off or anything the mist will disappear
on it now the other thing that I see people doing as well is they try and
protect this by putting it underneath their coats and that's also can cause it
to mist up a bit because you're putting it back effectively into the warmth the
other thing is if you've got it tucked under your coat and you're holding it
like this you're probably not balancing properly and it is slippery so maybe not
a good idea be careful with your cameras if it's actually snowing you're getting
water on it you might just want to be aware that you want to protect your
camera now this camera is environmentally sealed so it's a little
bit better for that I wouldn't recommend that you take it out without putting
some sort of cover on it as well now my tip is is that when you're taking photos
the thing about the snow is that it does throw your exposure system off just a
bit so when you take a picture of the snow like I do like this let me get a
shot here you'll see that it's a little bit dark
the snow actually appears a bit grey so what I do is I overexpose and in this
instance I'm going to overexpose by about a stop but on my camera there's
just a dial on the back here and you can see it's changing on the stop I'm going
to go up about a stop here and now let's just take a picture and you'll see the
snow it just appears that little bit brighter on here as well also the white
balance might be often you might just need to adjust the white balance on here
but you can do this on your smartphone as well and for this I've just got to
take my gloves off and what I'm going to do is just show you that when you open
up the camera here and this works on a lot of smartphones this is an iPhone
that when I'm going to take a picture here if I just tap on the bit that I
want to expose correctly and then I can slide my finger up and down on the
screen and you can see that it's changing the exposure there and then I
can take a picture there's actually a really good tip if you've got someone
back little you just need to change the exposure generally but in the snow you
just need to up the exposure just that little bit just to improve how it looks
here you can always put it into something like Lightroom or Photoshop
and actually adjust it there but it is really as windy here sorry about the
noise on the camera and always a good tip make sure you're warm make sure
you've got good shoes on as well and don't stay in the cold longer than you
have to and also try not to keep the camera in the cold for too long either
you know especially if it's snowing or it's actually getting stuff on the camera here
so be careful get out there stay warm and great get some great shots this is a
great time here too now the other thing I just want to point out if you're
getting a photograph and then you want to go and move something over there just
bear in mind you're leaving footprints in the snow so you just might want to
think about getting the photograph before you walk over that particular
area so happy snapping stay warm thanks for watching