Have you ever been disappointed with photographing winter scenes? You grab your camera to try to capture the majesty of snow covered trees with a deer hiding amongst them. You aim your camera, click the button, and smile as the deer leaps away. You turn your camera around to view your masterpiece and everything looks too gray. Your photograph doesn't look anything like the picture you saw with your own eyes. You feel disappointed, inept, and like me a bit photographically challenged.
Some people become artists with a camera in their hands. Much like a painter with a brush on his canvas, the photographer knows the intricacies of light and shutter speeds to capture for eternity the scene created by nature. One such person is our own, Kim Ort who gives us some tips on Winter Photography. She tells us that if our lovely winter scene looks gray it is because it was underexposed. Kim provides some helpful videos for us to watch to learn how to better take our next photographs of winter. She also gives some lovely examples of winter photography in her purple star article.
Kim has the ability to tell a story with her photographs like the old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words. She has spent years learning her craft and her photographs show her dedication to the art of photography. I admire her talent and her ability to see the picture in her mind before she snaps the shutter to create an image from a moment in time that will last through infinity.
As winter quickly approaches and we can look forward to the breathtaking scenes that Mother Nature will provide for us, we can read Kim's tips and perhaps be able to take our own winter photographs better this year.
