Seasonal Landscape Light
Although seasonal changes have more of a pyhsical effect on the landscapes,the quality of daylight also varies
throughout the years.Here’s our guide on how to handle landscapes in different seasons.
Winter Q&A
what should i consider when
shooting snow scenes ?
WINTER
The landscape lies dormant and bare
during winter.Tress stand skeletal against
sky.While fields are brown and barren.
Days are also painfully short,with the sun
rising well after 8am and setting before
4pm in january.
Photographically,however winter is a
fantastic season.There are few sights
more magnificent than a landscape covered in freshly fallen snow and bathed in
crisp morning sunlight,But even if youre
not lucky enough to get that,ice and frost
are a possibility almost everywhere in the
country as temperatures drop well below
freezing.
The short days are benefit too because
you can shoot sunrise and shoot
at civilsed times.Plus the sun never climbs
more than about 20 above the horizon,so
the quality of light remains high from
dawn to dusk,with long,weak shadows
adding depth on a clear winter s day you
can get eight hours of good light.Dawn at
the freezing morning can be
ExposureIAll the witness in the scene
is likely to fool your cameras metering
system into uderexposure,so take a
shoot then check the preview image and
the histogramYou will almost uncertainly
need to dial in extra exposure using the
exposure compensition facility.
Will my camera work okay in
freezing winterweather?
magical,with the sky full of pastel colors
and the sun rising like a giant orange
balls.Its intensity is often reduced by mist
or haze,so you can include it in your shots
without any risk of flare.Use your longest
lens to make it nice and big.
Snow is the best photographed when
it has just fallen so its prestine and
fresh,and ideally in sunny wheather a
glistening snoww landscape under a blue
sky is hard to beat.And you neednt head
to magnifience coutryside to take great
snow short a visit to your local park can
be just as productive.
Yes,but batteries drain faster so make
sure yours is fully charged and ideally
carry a spare.Also,avoid breathing on
your lens or any filters youre using as
they will mist up and take ages to clear..
It is okay to use polarizing filter
during winter?
Definitely,but carefully.Blue sky is bluer in
winter and because more of it is polarized.
The effect of a polarizing filter is more
obvious than at any other time of the year.
in extereme cases,the sky can go almost
black if fully polarize.
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