Comments on: Shooting in the snow : the article to clarify the video http://www.squeezethelime.com/shooting-in-the-snow-the-article-to-clarify-the-video/ By photographers, for photographers Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:55:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Bart mBARGO http://www.squeezethelime.com/shooting-in-the-snow-the-article-to-clarify-the-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1767 Bart mBARGO Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:00:49 +0000 http://www.squeezethelime.com/?p=440#comment-1767 The 15mm is the only lens by canon explicitly built to have the fisheye effect, according to the catalogues. I never used it myself, I had the 16-35 2.8 for some months, and hesitating to buy one myself. It is a zoom, but not really with the fisheye effect. But I mostly used it at 16mm, so no real necessity for a zoom. Jimmy Kets uses the lens quite intensively. So now hesitating between the 15mm and 16-35mm... The 15mm is the only lens by canon explicitly built to have the fisheye effect, according to the catalogues. I never used it myself, I had the 16-35 2.8 for some months, and hesitating to buy one myself. It is a zoom, but not really with the fisheye effect. But I mostly used it at 16mm, so no real necessity for a zoom. Jimmy Kets uses the lens quite intensively. So now hesitating between the 15mm and 16-35mm…

]]> By: Pieter http://www.squeezethelime.com/shooting-in-the-snow-the-article-to-clarify-the-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1620 Pieter Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:00:05 +0000 http://www.squeezethelime.com/?p=440#comment-1620 @Stijn I'm exposing for the rider, not the snow. Everything that is overexposed is white so I'm having a hard time understanding what you mean by that "trick". So to answer your question, no I did not intentionally overexpose :-) If you expose for the sky the face will be underexposed (most of the time) and vice versa. That's where the bounce effect of the snow & the sunbounce come in. It allows you to keep the sky exposed in such a way that it's still blue & also get a good exposure on the subject/rider. A good trick (if you use lightroom) to make sky a bit more blue is to use the recovery slider. Keep in mind that there was a huge amount of fill light (tons of snow) all around me, so it might be kinda hard to emulate that here. A snowboard photography workshop might be on our secret possible workshops list, who knows ;-) @Bart the 15mm, I didn't know there was a zoom fish-eye ? @Stijn I’m exposing for the rider, not the snow. Everything that is overexposed is white so I’m having a hard time understanding what you mean by that “trick”. So to answer your question, no I did not intentionally overexpose :-)

If you expose for the sky the face will be underexposed (most of the time) and vice versa. That’s where the bounce effect of the snow & the sunbounce come in. It allows you to keep the sky exposed in such a way that it’s still blue & also get a good exposure on the subject/rider.
A good trick (if you use lightroom) to make sky a bit more blue is to use the recovery slider.
Keep in mind that there was a huge amount of fill light (tons of snow) all around me, so it might be kinda hard to emulate that here.

A snowboard photography workshop might be on our secret possible workshops list, who knows ;-)

@Bart the 15mm, I didn’t know there was a zoom fish-eye ?

]]> By: Bart mBARGO http://www.squeezethelime.com/shooting-in-the-snow-the-article-to-clarify-the-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1559 Bart mBARGO Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:36:23 +0000 http://www.squeezethelime.com/?p=440#comment-1559 Thanks for your open mind Pieter :) Do you mean the Canon 15mm 2.8 Fisheye, or the Zoom 16-35? Which lens were you using? Thanks for your open mind Pieter :) Do you mean the Canon 15mm 2.8 Fisheye, or the Zoom 16-35? Which lens were you using?

]]> By: Stijn http://www.squeezethelime.com/shooting-in-the-snow-the-article-to-clarify-the-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1513 Stijn Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:01:26 +0000 http://www.squeezethelime.com/?p=440#comment-1513 Hi Pieter, I've been doing some research on the internet on shooting in the snow. On all websites you find that you should overexpose by a few thirds of a stop to keep the snow white. -The snow on your pictures looks stunning, dit you use overexposure? -Another question I have is an example of exif information, preferably one example when facing the sun and one when shooting with the sun behind you. (there is no exif in your photos on flickr) The reason I ask is because I tried some things out today, the weather was great, blue skies and a bright sun. So I took some shots directly facing the sun and with alot of blue sky on it. I found it very difficult to find a good exposure (using manual mode), the sky was often completely white or very light blue coloured. I couldn't capture both a starburst effect on the sun and a nice deep blue sky. -Sometimes the camera (eos 40D) couldn't even focus at all, according to the manual this might be because of a low contrast image (lots of blue sky), did you experience this as well with the 1D? Thanks again! Should you organise a snowboard/ski photography workshop (for a price that fits my budget :-) ) I'd definitely attend! Hi Pieter,
I’ve been doing some research on the internet on shooting in the snow.
On all websites you find that you should overexpose by a few thirds of a stop to keep the snow white.
-The snow on your pictures looks stunning, dit you use overexposure?

-Another question I have is an example of exif information, preferably one example when facing the sun and one when shooting with the sun behind you. (there is no exif in your photos on flickr)
The reason I ask is because I tried some things out today, the weather was great, blue skies and a bright sun. So I took some shots directly facing the sun and with alot of blue sky on it. I found it very difficult to find a good exposure (using manual mode), the sky was often completely white or very light blue coloured. I couldn’t capture both a starburst effect on the sun and a nice deep blue sky.
-Sometimes the camera (eos 40D) couldn’t even focus at all, according to the manual this might be because of a low contrast image (lots of blue sky), did you experience this as well with the 1D?

Thanks again!
Should you organise a snowboard/ski photography workshop (for a price that fits my budget :-) ) I’d definitely attend!

]]> By: Greg http://www.squeezethelime.com/shooting-in-the-snow-the-article-to-clarify-the-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1509 Greg Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:53:29 +0000 http://www.squeezethelime.com/?p=440#comment-1509 Thanks for the tips! :) Thanks for the tips! :)

]]> By: tsphoto http://www.squeezethelime.com/shooting-in-the-snow-the-article-to-clarify-the-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1501 tsphoto Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:59:49 +0000 http://www.squeezethelime.com/?p=440#comment-1501 Have to agree with Jason. Big thanks for the site, and for helping us so much. Candid, honest and bloody good fun. Cheers. Tony Have to agree with Jason. Big thanks for the site, and for helping us so much.

Candid, honest and bloody good fun.

Cheers.
Tony

]]> By: FD-Pictures http://www.squeezethelime.com/shooting-in-the-snow-the-article-to-clarify-the-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1493 FD-Pictures Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:13:48 +0000 http://www.squeezethelime.com/?p=440#comment-1493 thx a lot for all the answers. really looking forward to the next winter ;-) thx a lot for all the answers. really looking forward to the next winter ;-)

]]> By: GT-Photography http://www.squeezethelime.com/shooting-in-the-snow-the-article-to-clarify-the-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1492 GT-Photography Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:34:13 +0000 http://www.squeezethelime.com/?p=440#comment-1492 very very interesting. Thanks for this. Keep up the good work. I made this page now my homepage. ( there msut be a little bug, as after a couple of seconds my cursor does not work properly everytime this page comes up...but I can live with it.) Guy very very interesting. Thanks for this. Keep up the good work. I made this page now my homepage. ( there msut be a little bug, as after a couple of seconds my cursor does not work properly everytime this page comes up…but I can live with it.)
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]]> By: Pepin http://www.squeezethelime.com/shooting-in-the-snow-the-article-to-clarify-the-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1488 Pepin Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:35:34 +0000 http://www.squeezethelime.com/?p=440#comment-1488 Thanks for answering my question. I was really wondering how you'd pull it of with a 5D. I couldn't see that you had 1D's with you. Thanks for again sharing. Those tips would help shooting skaters or roller-bladers as well, since we don't have any snow here in the tropics. Thanks for answering my question. I was really wondering how you’d pull it of with a 5D. I couldn’t see that you had 1D’s with you.

Thanks for again sharing. Those tips would help shooting skaters or roller-bladers as well, since we don’t have any snow here in the tropics.

]]> By: Pieter http://www.squeezethelime.com/shooting-in-the-snow-the-article-to-clarify-the-video/comment-page-1/#comment-1483 Pieter Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:27:53 +0000 http://www.squeezethelime.com/?p=440#comment-1483 @Stijn : I shot JPEG because I can fit more shots on one card & it takes me less time to process the images :-) @Stijn : I shot JPEG because I can fit more shots on one card & it takes me less time to process the images :-)

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