Learn Digital Photography - Taking Pictures Under Bad Weather

A lot of photographers work indoor while lighting is tearing through the sky and white snow is covering the earth outside. To some photographers, this is the time when they are all gear up and rushing outdoor to capture the essence of the rain, lighting or snow. They have no problem standing under heavy rain just to get that once in a life time snapshot. These are the pictures that give them the satisfaction and some of them will even sell these rare and unique pictures to make money with digital photography.

So, below are some tips that you can learn to be different in photography.

1. Snow

Although snow can be fun to play with, it is actually a challenge to get a good picture when you are surrounded by snow. This is because snow can be quite glaring under the sun and your camera will think that it is the right exposure for the picture hence making your subjects look like dark figure in the middle of the snow.

And to help you get over this issue, you can use the auto white balance mode (different camera will name this mode differently) to balance the lighting between the snow and your subjects.

2. Rain

Doesn’t it feel wonderful to see rain after a whole hot and stuffy afternoon? It just cool you down and it is also kind of cool when you can show your friend some pictures of rain drops splashing on the ground.

However, rain clouds tend to block a lot of natural light and flash might make your pictures look artificial. So, you can slow down your shutter speed and increase the camera’s aperture size so that more light can be introduced into the camera. Since lowering the shutter speed and increasing the aperture size can make your camera sensitive to movement, you ought to use to a tripod to stabilize your camera before you take any picture.

3. Lighting

Lighting has always been fascinating to many people and they are willing to risk their lives just to have a closer look of the lighting. How can they be blamed for being excited about the swift and sudden white light and the irregular pattern of lighting? If you have ever seen the pictures of lighting, you will be amazed with this wonderful creation of nature.

However looking at the nature of the lighting, it is not easy to take the picture of it. You will certainly need a tripod, long shutter speed and be very patience to do it.

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Michael Wong is happy to share his knowledge about digital photography with you and hope you enjoy them.