Tips for photographing in the snow by New Jersey Photographer, Sara Waterman

- Dress warm - duh! It's cold outside.

-Keep your camera cold - don't try to warm it up in your jacket, the lens will fog, no good.

-If you outside for a while carry an extra battery, batteries drain more quickly in the cold.

-Overexpose, if you want white snow, overexpose your shot to compensate for your cameras tendency to equalize 18% gray.

-Contrast rocks, white snow, bright bold colors on people look amazing in my opinion.

-HDR, it's hard to get detail in the snow, if you can bracket or shoot in HDR, try it you will see wonderful detail in your snow.

-Be careful of footsteps, if you are shooting people, be mindful of the messy footstep tracks, smooth snow looks clean and beautiful, of course there is always photoshop to help here.

-White vignette - I 99% of the time hate white 90' style vignette  - but in snow shots, it can look great, give it a try.

Have fun!

-Sara Waterman, Central NJ Family and Event Photographer.