Now that London has a nice healthy coat of snow, I thought to share this great tip for winter shooting.

When shooting outside in the winter set your camera to over expose by 1 stop (+1). The massive amount of white in your scene tricks your camera into thinking that it is brighter than it really is, and the camera will take a darker picture. Over exposing by this one stop will bring your winter scene to life.

Happy Shooting!

Waiting for Fall

Now that fall has arrived I feel it fit to write all of you a little post on getting the best colours out of your camera this fall. A lot of this is mere point form, and if you would like more information just leave a comment.

1. Get out early! or late depending on your shooting location. The sun rises around 730am and gets to an amazing colour point at about 8am, and rises in ESE. Getting out early will shine a golden light on the trees and the reds and oranges will become more vibrant and the greens will dim down a bit focusing on the fall colours.
2. Bundle Up! – Its fall, and when that sun isn’t up yet it is darn cold!
3. Bring a tri-pod. You will be shooting in the best light of the day, but it is still low light, which requires you to use a tripod for a nice sharp shot. If you plan on shooting HDR(High Dynamic Range) a tri-pod is an absolute must!
4. The Settings. This is often the hardest part for most entry level photographers to get right, and secrectly its the hard part for every photographer because it is always changing. So here is what I do.
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