Ideas for Winter photography

Winter means short days and not a lot of light.  
Bare earth and dying foliage.  
Muddy fields and rain.

It also means crisp frosty mornings, 
watery winter sunlight, and 
magical skies.

Focal length 42mm 1/60 at f/16

Photography in Winter requires a special kind of commitment:  

• You have to dress for the weather
  
• You need to look after your equipment in the wet
• You are prepared to freeze!

Hot tip: In very cold weather keep your spare battery (you do always carry a spare don't you?) In your trouser pocket to keep warm, that way you can swap your batteries over when they get too cold and stop working properly.

Hot tip two: Carry a hand warmer. In temperatures of -8C I thought that my automatic locking on my car had stopped working, it was actually my fingers!


Wait until conditions are right: 

• Frost, check the weather forecast the night before.
• Rain, raindrops on leaves make lovely shots
• Beautiful sunrises or sunsets
• Lovely textures and simple colour combinations

These are some I made earlier...

Canon EF 70-200 1/50s at f/10

Focal length 70mm 50/s at f/9.9

Canon EF 100mm macro 1/80 at f/8

Focal length 140mm 1/40s at f/16

So wrap up, get out there and have some fun.

©Lynn Keddie

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