I'm not a professional so please give me just the simplest of ideas like whether to be in a dark area and looking at a well lit area or to do it during daylight but next to something dark, or bright or etc. Please give me some ideas.
I'm from the south and recently moved to Maryland where I've been able to experience snow for the 1st time. I have been trying to take pictures of the snow falling for friends from back home but they never seem to come out right.
2007-02-02 08:02:55 · 7 answers · asked by melissa13182 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
If you can backlight the falling snow against a dark background, or at night, it should turn out fine. If you have a flash unit that is separate from your camera, place it out into the scene, but in such a way that the flash does not fall directly into the lens, but still points at the camera. Using a lamppost or sign, or a body to block the flash from the lens will work, at a distance of about 20 feet away from the camera and 5-10 feet from the flash. With the camera on a tripod, open the shutter for about 2 seconds, and have someone trip the flash. This will cause the falling snow to be brightly illuminated by the flash. Problem is, it can also look like simply dust on the lens.
Another way is to, in dusk light with no flash, shoot the snow against a dark background using a slow shutter speed of about 1/10 of a second to 1/4 of a second, also on a tripod. This will make the snowflakes streak slightly, creating a "falling" effect on the picture.
The problem with many of the above answers telling you to use a fast shutter speed is, like I said, the snow will look more like dust specks on the lens than falling snow.
2007-02-02 08:11:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Use the fastest shutter speed. If you have a manual cammera go to 2000 or 1000 of a second (the shutter dial has numbes from 15- 2000, 30,60 ect. Also use a tripod so it can be still and check the corner of the screen to be green for a meter reading.
If you have a digital camera go to the menu and see the shutter speed. Remember to have plenty of light, and that in shutter speeds the faster the more detail (higher the number.)
2007-02-02 08:32:17 · answer #2 · answered by odi 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't look directly into the sunlight or a bright light or it won't come out. If your camera has a mode for something that is moving, use it, since snowflakes are moving. If it doesn't have that mode/setting but you can adjust your shutter speed, I believe you need to set it fast. I hope that helps.
2007-02-02 08:07:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Fast shutter, darker background, high f-stop, and a flash. My best pictures have been under a street light, at night, with trees in the background.
2007-02-02 08:11:20 · answer #4 · answered by J.R. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you know which one you plan on shooting? That has to be up there with some of the most bizarre questions I've ever seen. ..
2016-03-29 01:53:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Super fast shudder speed with the camera mounted on a tripod.
2007-02-02 08:05:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
just take a pic as it falls
2007-02-02 08:06:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋