i have a cannon powershot SD880 IS digital elph and am new at this "taking good pictures" thing - i'm okay but not great. it's a beautiful day, snowing with really nice large flakes and i haven't figured out what i need to do to capture the actual flakes falling. every time i take a pic, it looks like it's raining - any suggestions for taking pics of the actual falling snow?
If you have a manual mode - use it and experiment with your shutter speed to get the look you want. Set the ISO in the middle, and start with an aperture in the middle. You might need a tripod if you want the "falling'/"streaky" effect. Otherwise, see if you have a Shuttter speed priority setting. Then you can experiment with your shutter speeds and the camera will do the rest.
You probably won't be able to with a P&S, sorry. The trick to capturing the falling snow pic is to have a really big depth of field, which means shooting at around an f/16. To get that style, I shoot at 800 ISO, f/16 @ 1/400. It creates the kind of image where you can actually see large specs of snow across the scene.
You can try experimenting with your camera to see if you can get these settings. If you use a slower shutter speed, you'll end up with the streaks that do just look like rain. Give it a try, see if you can tweak your P&S.
I have a Sony Cybershot P&S and you need to play with your settings. I place mine on a tripod and I look for something in distance to focus on...and shoot "thru" the snow.. something you might try...find that focus point, keep it on a tripod take a shot. Fiddle with your manual settings take the same shot, and again, and again. Once you run thru the settings, bring your focus point closer..and start over w/ the settings... the key is to play! And it's digital... delete the garbage! Write down each setting if you can... read that manual too. It helps.
use a flash even if its daylight. it will reflect off the snow as its falling and freeze it in the frame. be careful though, if you have a bare background the picture may look flat
try moving the camera down in sync with the falling snow. Try to match the speed of the snow falling. Your background will be blurry but you should catch some flakes.
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You can try experimenting with your camera to see if you can get these settings. If you use a slower shutter speed, you'll end up with the streaks that do just look like rain. Give it a try, see if you can tweak your P&S.
Thanks for sharing that tip, Jason. I've been struggling with the same thing - my flakes always seem to just look like a random speck of blur
thanks! i'll play around with it... i really just didn't know where to start! much appreciated!
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