Photograph by Cotton Coulson
Some
of the most challenging weather situations to work in are snowstorms
and windstorms. When I was in South Georgia, the winds suddenly came
down from the mountains and carried the fresh snow with it. The snow was
racing past so quickly, it hurt my eyes.
Watch your exposure. I find shooting with sunglasses unbearable, but in this situation, they provided the protection I needed. In addition to wearing heavy gloves to keep your hands warm and nimble—and make it nearly impossible to operate those nasty little dials and buttons that control your aperture and shutter speeds—I find it essential to wear a pair of thin liner gloves underneath. I will also wear a thin buff over my face so I can breath and still protect my nose from getting cold on the freezing camera and viewfinder.
Exposures shooting bright snow can be tricky. The built-in meters in the cameras are calibrated to the brightness of average gray (18 percent). Since the snow in this scene is brighter than that, I compensated my exposure to the plus side to make the snow look white. —Cotton Coulson
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