A Bit of Knowledge: Winter Photo When Sky Meets the Ground
The only down side of the winter photography is the cold, cold and cold. If you have SLR camera, you will notice that in the extreme cold weather your camera may sometimes stop responding, One issue can be that electronics usually misbehave in the cold weather. I know that because it happens to my car all the time. Every time there is drastic temperature change - I get errors for scary warnings like engine failure. Secondly, in the cold weather usually metal parts shrink, and expand in heat, thus the lost connection between the two parts such a lens and camera. Therefore, no need to panic sometimes, because it is a very common camera response to temperature changes. Mind you, sometimes I malfunction too in extreme cold temperatures or hot temperatures.
Now about being creative. Winter photography can be very rewarding. However, sometimes you have to be in the moment. I had that moment about 3 years ago when I snapped few pictures of the evergreen trees in the field covered with the snow. It was cloudy day, and the sky was quite white. After reviewing photos I found that when sky met the ground, the trees looked like they were floating in the air. Yes, I almost got the floating trees. Another way to get the same effect is to position your camera towards the trees and low enough to capture the snow covered field as background, and again you can get the same and even better result of trees floating in the air. This isn't my best picture, because it was a pure accident, but in the future I will pay more attention. Simplicity of this setting can be very rewarding.
'Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.'
~ by Leonardo da Vinci, the Italian Painter, Sculptor, Architect and Engineer, 1452-1519
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