With snow falling and settling on the ground this evening we will all wake in the morning to a scene reminiscent of a winter wonderland. If you have the opportunity to record this rare site remember to make sure you compensate with regards exposure otherwise your snow scene will be recorded as a muddy grey colour as opposed to a brilliant white.



Suggested exposure mode:



Program for ease of use (Certain models of cameras do not allow for exposure compensation in the auto or picture modes or PIC modes).



Suggested compensation

+ Exposure compensation

Up to +1 or 1.5+ exposure compensation – If you do not use exposure compensation your camera’s meter will be fooled into thinking the scene is brighter than it really is and as a result will under expose the image resulting in the snow being recorded as a muddy grey. The use of + exposure compensation will allow for the scene to be recorded as it really is. As we are using digital experiment with the amount of exposure compensation (between 0.5 – 1.5+ ) and check your exposure on your cameras LCD screen and refer to the Histogram, make sure this is not to the extreme right hand side.