Keep Your Hands WARM! Winter Wildlife Photography Tips

[@Chris-eo9kh]

I started using a hand muff warmer you wear around your waist. Inside that you keep your warmer of choice, and still wear your thin gloves as well. I attach my lens & camera to a shoulder strap so Im not holding it all day. This works well for me even when its bitter cold.

[@matthewgehly]

Using a hand muff around your waist is a fantastic idea!

[@RalphHapness]

I've added ProDots from B &H to my shutter button.

[@matthewgehly]

Interesting. I looked them up. I guess that helps to find the shutter button through your gloves?

[@RalphHapness]

@matthewgehly Yes, through the gloves. I also have some nerve damage on my right index finger tip, so feeling the shutter button is hard. I shoot a lot of cross country ski races in Minnesota and barehanded is not the way to go for any length of time, so windproof liner gloves and a hand in the pocket or muff between shots is my try for this year.

[@WildSotaPhoto]

This is the same hand set up I use with those thin shooting/hunting gloves as a base giving full control of buttons and touch screen. I would also ad the bank robber type ski mask. Never exposed skin in the frigid conditions.🥶

[@matthewgehly]

Bank robber mask…haha! Yep! It’s great to protect the cheeks and it helps to hide the human form from critters. 😁 Thanks for watching! 👍

[@annoyed707]

Up in Nunavut it is a different game.

[@matthewgehly]

Oh yeah! I can’t imagine! Do you have any way to feel the buttons on your camera when it’s really frigid?

[@rrr46060]

good tips Matt, i too suffer from FHS, "frozen hand syndrome" recently bought a pair of vallerret Tinden Photography Gloves, they are pretty sweet

[@matthewgehly]

That's an amazing pair of gloves. I've looked into them in the past. I always just worried that I would lose the ability to sense the camera buttons. What has your experience been like?

[@rrr46060]

@@matthewgehly the pointer fingers and thumbs fold back to expose your, works great fingers when you need to take pics

[@gregorydobson4307]

Awesome shots & video, just found yr channel so subscribed. Best wishes from u.k

[@matthewgehly]

Hi Gregory! Thanks for subscribing! Here's to many great wildlife encounters in 2025!