http://photography-business-tips.com/2007/07/29/photography-tips-for-the-snow-and-winter/ Digital photography tips, techniques, methods, reviews, strategies and photographer's resources. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:46:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://photography-business-tips.com/2007/07/29/photography-tips-for-the-snow-and-winter/comment-page-1/#comment-48769 Greg Wed, 15 Dec 2010 03:18:33 +0000 http://photography-business-tips.com/2007/07/29/photography-tips-for-the-snow-and-winter/#comment-48769 I see you realize we are blessed to get pretty blue backgrounds at times. I studied these skies for several years and their colors can be predicted 99% of the time. Walking about 5-10 miles a day with a cheap camera in my hand I found the times we usually get the best shades of blue are in the mornings to early afternoons. In the mornings when you look west, you will get the sun on your subject or COI and get the best shades of blue. If there is a lot of moisture in the air, then your blue can disappear. That is why knowing the weather is important also. When the least amount of moisture is in the air, there will be nothing for the light to reflect over and over on. After cool fronts move through, the high pressure usually has little moisture to none and good blue skies will be abundant looking west and some northwest. If I want good blue backgrounds, I just plan what time to take the picture and also make sure there is little moisture in the atmosphere to bother me. I may be learning a new camera and how to take a lot of different pictures, but taking pictures of clouds and landscape with blue is what I do best just knowing what I learned walking. Anyone can try this a few times and see how the colors are different looking different directions. The best shades of blue will be just the opposite direction of the sun. The sun is usually south of us here in North America just more in the winter than summer. The sun always rises the same. That is why there is usally better blue looking west in the morning and some north through the day. Sometimes the moisture in the late afternoon will be low enough to get a shot east with good blue, but if enough moisture goes up during the day, it will be a white or gray looking east then. Just let everyone try this around 8 or 9 AM, look West and East and the West will be much better than the East. If you get to know your area and how to direct your position, then you can plan your pretty blue backgrounds with ease. I even try to get different shades of blue for different colors that are in my pictures. I see you realize we are blessed to get pretty blue backgrounds at times. I studied these skies for several years and their colors can be predicted 99% of the time. Walking about 5-10 miles a day with a cheap camera in my hand I found the times we usually get the best shades of blue are in the mornings to early afternoons. In the mornings when you look west, you will get the sun on your subject or COI and get the best shades of blue. If there is a lot of moisture in the air, then your blue can disappear. That is why knowing the weather is important also. When the least amount of moisture is in the air, there will be nothing for the light to reflect over and over on. After cool fronts move through, the high pressure usually has little moisture to none and good blue skies will be abundant looking west and some northwest. If I want good blue backgrounds, I just plan what time to take the picture and also make sure there is little moisture in the atmosphere to bother me. I may be learning a new camera and how to take a lot of different pictures, but taking pictures of clouds and landscape with blue is what I do best just knowing what I learned walking. Anyone can try this a few times and see how the colors are different looking different directions. The best shades of blue will be just the opposite direction of the sun. The sun is usually south of us here in North America just more in the winter than summer. The sun always rises the same. That is why there is usally better blue looking west in the morning and some north through the day. Sometimes the moisture in the late afternoon will be low enough to get a shot east with good blue, but if enough moisture goes up during the day, it will be a white or gray looking east then. Just let everyone try this around 8 or 9 AM, look West and East and the West will be much better than the East. If you get to know your area and how to direct your position, then you can plan your pretty blue backgrounds with ease. I even try to get different shades of blue for different colors that are in my pictures.

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