Winter Photography Tips: Exposure, Composition and Details - Course Preview

You know, photography in winter has its own set of, not only expectations, but problems and challenges that we have to deal with. Primarily, you've got a lot of white. You got a lot of white, which means you're probably going to encounter some exposure problems that you may not have had on shots at the beach, where you've got combinations of dark hues and luscious colors. The beauty of winter photography, I think more than anything else, is there's a certain sense of solitude that comes with winter that you don't get in the other seasons. Fresh snowfall, which can happen any other day, allows a carpet of a season that you just don't get in the summer, in the fall, and in the spring. So there's many things that we can do. With this particular trip, we've gone on a dog sledding adventure. So the photography was filled with action, and it was filled with landscapes, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you can't go on a cross country ski trip or go snowshoeing or go snowmobiling and bring your camera equipment along and find all these wonderful things that winter has to offer. You know I've been coming here for 21 years, doing these photo workshops in Ely, so I'm well equipped at understanding how it works. And the reason I keep coming back? It's different and magnificent every single year. And photographers don't go back to places that don't give them rewards because rewards mean motivation, and when you get motivation, you keep coming back and you keep coming back. You keep getting better pictures, more pictures, new experiences. There's nothing like winter. Get out and take some pictures in it.