Last week I wrote, “Sunday was cold and overcast. I would have been happier if it was snowing - but no snow - just a dull blah day that was not the kind of lighting that excites photographers.”
On Monday I got my snow and I was a happy photographer. It snowed over night. Not a lot, but the garden had snow.
I got my camera, made sure the memory card was deleted, mounted that Sigma 105mm Macro on it, connected a flash with new batteries, put on my coat and winter boots and happily went out into the garden.
There was a slight breeze so I set my ISO to 400 and my shutterspeed to 1/500th. I also knew that I would need a smaller aperture that would give me more depth-of-field. I know some readers will be thinking, “wait…a wide aperture for a soft background is the norm”. That’s right. However, a breeze moves the plant in all directions so I choose about f/8 for more Depth-of-Field and a higher ISO that allowed a faster shutterspeed.
All that is the same as one would make for a breezy day of landscape photography. And, of course, I was using an off-camera flash with a diffuser.
I wandered around looking for interesting snow covered subjects and was pleased to see that there was snow on the tree that Jo and I had decorated with red beads and bulbs.
The winter snow will be changing the garden till spring’s melt and I am looking forward to making photographs. Take my advice and keep your cameras ready for some fun photography that is right out your door. Sunny or cloudy, and even if it is snowing don’t hesitate to get out there and make some fun winter photographs.
Have safe and creative Christmas that is filled with lots of time for everyone to make pictures. These are my thoughts for this week. Contact me at www.enmanscamera.com or emcam@telus.net.
