10+ Tips on How to Photograph in the Snow!

[@benjhaisch]

Any more tips? Drop them below!

[@benjhaisch]

It’s on the schedule!

[@c141charlie]

Can you do a video on your experience photographing the Seahawks sometime?

[@igordemba]

Are we not going to talk about that thumbnail that wins on so many levels? May the force be with Bernie.

[@benjhaisch]

😂

[@flordr]

super helpful! thx for that! greetings from the German alps!!

[@JustinPaulPictures]

The photographs and video clips are absolutely gorgeous and making me wish that 1. I had a photographer shooting film at my wedding, and 2. I got married in the snow in one of those insanely beautiful locations. This is great work and really interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheBigNegative-PhotoChannel]

Had recently photographed an hour in heavy snowfall my camera was absolutely wet. Luckily it still works. I have to buy a bag so that this does not happen again. Really good tips here Benj. 😀

[@BrandonBurk]

4:40 It is a great camera. I just got the X100VI and am loving it!

[@REMY.C.]

Nice vid! That fog in lenses is the worse. It happens less with weather sealed cameras. I have and advice for the snow, GO LIGHT!!! Few years back I went to a trip in our frenchy snowy mountains and I decided that it would be a great idea to pack my medium format, my reflex, all the lenses and accessories, a tripod and go in the mountains. I'm 6.1, 110kg, maybe 130 with the gear. I was walking with big snowshoes. The snow was still fresh. I was already far and at a time, the snow just didn't support my weight, I drowned into it to the groin and unfortunately there was a small river like in the bottom. My shoes got fulfilled with frozen water, I was freezing from toes to balls 😂 From that day I said never again. I changed my gear to light Fuji, only 1 additional lense in my backpack and I never take with me those "just in case things" anymore.

[@marcusoutdoors4999]

Superb advice and absolutely wonderful to watch (sat by a wood burning stove with whiskey!)

[@benjhaisch]

The best!

[@john_murch]

Lot's of great tips here! I've used the Optec rain sleeves for snow and torrential rain for my 5D and even my Hasselblad (with prism finder) though with the Hasselblad (heavy, wet snow) it was not easy. A lens hood definitely helps. For my X100T I put the whole camera in a ziplock bag with a tight hole cut out around the lens. Then just plop on a lens hood "et voila" weather sealed...:)

[@troyhuddleston]

Would love to hear about your time at the Seahawks!

[@davidlohrentz752]

In Wisconsin, we often get a colder, drier set of conditions after snow. So less of an issue fighting wetness; more of an issue fighting cold. If you are done shooting and are taking cold cameras/lenses inside, if you put each item into a sealed ziplock bag, then the condensation will not happen inside the bag, so you avoid getting moisture inside the camera and lens. When it is very cold, I tend to prefer my most petite cameras and lenses--fixed lens rangefinder or Pentax MX + tiny lens with battery removed. I like to use a wool anorak, and these cameras will fit inside the kangaroo pocket. One other thing, snow looks amazing while it is coming down, or when it is fresh. Here in Wisconsin, we'll often go a week or two or three between snowfall. It tends to get dirty and looks very unappealing after a few days. So if you want to capture beautiful snow, chase the morning after.

[@clivereinhard7]

superb tips!

[@AlexOnStreets]

Nice tips. I'll go up to northern Japan this winter so this helps. ;)

[@ddavidn]

Just last weekend, I went out in the snow, slipped, and got a nice lens hood full of snow. Keep the camera in your pack until ready to shoot...

[@Narsuitus]

When shooting in cold weather with cameras that rely on batteries, I keep extra batteries in my pocket and frequently replace the ones that gets cold in the cameras. I put the cold batteries in my pocket to get warm. After they warm, I can put them back in the camera.

[@aghahanta108]

Hey Benj, another great video and beautiful photos as always. If I could make a request for a video, it would be super awesome to hear your process and techniques when shooting weddings. That you are shooting weddings with manual focus and many times shooting wide open dreamy images Is inspiring. Many wedding photographers put a lot of Emphasis on AF capabilities of a camera such as Eye AF yet here you are using your hand. So yeah would be great about this and also how you transitioned if there was one from Using AF especially in weddings.

[@chilmersen]

I will also add that if it is really cold, a too rapid temperature change can crack lenses.

[@benjhaisch]

Oh yeah, I bet! I’ve never been in a place that cold but I can totally see that happening. Thanks for sharing!

[@hazyquebec12]

Does the timing of the day matter?

[@arsenikkkk]

Would it be a good idea to keep one set of cameras for indoors and one set for outdoors during the session? This way you don't ruin your gear by letting humidity corrode your camera internals when you bring them back in from the cold. Technically you need to seal the camera into a zip-lock bag before bringing it back indoors. Until it warms up (time wasted shooting)

[@benjhaisch]

Totally, keeping one at least in a bag can mitigate that a bit as well

[@edecksify]

Do you have any handheld meter recommendations? I shoot film for fun and have been thinking about getting one, but don't want to spend $500+ on anything right now.

[@ZachBie]

Sekonic 308. I have three meter....wow, four Sekonic meters that I’ve bought over the last eight years. Two analog and two digital. I find this one to be the easiest to use and I love that it’s lightweight.

[@roryjacobs6817]

I don’t have a tip, but I do have a question. Have you ever experienced a “sticky” on/off switch for your M240 or M10? I have a M10 and when it gets a little cold (12 degrees celsius) my the on/off switch sleeve gets super tight and I have to really force it to turn the camera on. Thanks for the all the info, Benj.

[@benjhaisch]

Ah yeah, I have experienced that getting a little sticky when wet. 5-10C is basically where I live at all times though and I don’t have that issue unless there is condensation or if it’s much much colder.

[@roryjacobs6817]

@@benjhaisch ah, now I get it. Condensation or moisture hey, yeah I live in a city called Durban. It’s sub-tropical so it’s humid as hell, that’s what must be causing it. Thanks Benj.

[@RG0EINS]

Which of the Cascade presets are used here? Cascade 01 or from the new Cascade 02 collection?

[@benjhaisch]

North flat + from 02 :)

[@RG0EINS]

@@benjhaisch - Thank you very much, sorry for my English, I wrote using the google translator, come from Germany.

[@benjhaisch]

No problem! Made total sense

[@ishanxde]

Hey Ben! There's a lot of reverb in audio. Can you fix it? Ps: love your videos

[@benjhaisch]

Hey, Ishan yeah ever since I got the M1 Mac Mini using Premiere Pro beta my videos have been having audio issues am I’m still trying to figure out what it is. I’m newer to video editing in general, but I’m using all of the same settings for import, timelines, export, etc. no idea what’s happening, but I’m going to try and edit on an older version and see if that helps.

[@milesmetcalfe94]

@@benjhaisch If your on Mac then you should think about giving Final Cut a try it really does work like a dream. And personally I found it to be much more friendly to someone coming from a photo editing background than premier which I found super unintuitive.

[@davidlindahl896]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what is "made with gamut" ? (kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4KlpnVrm7x0hsU)

[@benjhaisch]

Ah yeah, it’s just the only footage I had of my photographing in the snow, but Gamut is the company I have my video LUTs through so it was part of their promo

[@davidlindahl896]

@@benjhaisch Ooooh gotcha! I just loved the typeface (and it looks like their logo) so I was super curious! Thanks!

[@TheMsavage]

Gotta do a video from your NFL experience!

[@benjhaisch]

I’ve considered it. Wasn’t sure if anyone would care.

[@julia4u]

This is my neighbor right now, taking pictures of snow. Sad. To me. I wish he valued my civil rights as much as he values the snow. Smh. Some have morals and values. And some simply don't. The corrupt will never become righteous with morals and values no matter how much you pray for them. We are not all alike.sad but undeniably true. The soul of a man vs those with no soul at all.

[@benjhaisch]

wait what