{"id":2516,"date":"2013-01-17T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2516"},"modified":"2023-07-02T16:31:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T16:31:11","slug":"shoot-snow-frost-with-flash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcfade.co.uk\/blog\/shoot-snow-frost-with-flash\/%20","title":{"rendered":"How To Shoot Ice & Snow – With Flash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A thick Hoar Frost looks amazing.<\/p>\n

It only happens now and then, so you really need to make the most of it when it happens.<\/p>\n

One of the downfalls of this frost is that the sky can be very dull on such days, so your usual landscapes can lack impact.<\/p>\n

So how to add something a little different?<\/p>\n

Get your strobes out<\/h1>\n

You can create something more interesting with flash – even “on camera”<\/a> flash can create something slightly different.<\/p>\n

The shots in this article are all taken with the flash “off camera”, triggered with radio triggers. More about those later<\/p>\n

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Exposure settings<\/h1>\n

Try underexposing the background for starters – that’ll create a dark canvas on which to place your frosty plants.<\/p>\n

Most of these used these settings<\/p>\n

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  1. ISO 100 – 400<\/li>\n
  2. F8-F14<\/li>\n
  3. 1\/200th second<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    That gave a reasonable dark background – use your metering skills to work it out, set the white snow to -1 or 0.<\/p>\n

    \"_MG_4311\"<\/a>Flash Kit<\/h1>\n

    For this I used a very basic 1-flash\u00a0set-up, including<\/p>\n