Winter Scenes

We are in the middle of winter here, so … lots of snow. I haven’t been outside too much to take pictures, but last Saturday we had the chance to go for a walk on the lake, and to visit one of the rivers in our area.


Snow isn’t easy to photograph. The snow can end up looking grey or blue sometimes. I’m still working on improving this.


It was a very bright sunny day when I took this first photo. I had my polarizing filter on, my aperture at f22, and was shooting in raw format. The raw format helped for making sure the snow looked white when I processed it.  I was glad to be able to catch the snowmobiles as they went by.

We also went to one of the local rivers and I was able to practise taking some photos of the rapids surrounded by snow on the edges of the river. This was challenging – to get the shutter speed correct to have the river look silky, and to also have the snow look white without being blown out (totally white). It was a sunny day, but this was taken later in the day when the sun wasn’t shining on the river. This helped make it easier to photograph.

 We had to climb through quite a bit of snow to take this photo but I thought it was worth it. I was glad to have my tripod with me. It would be very difficult to take this photo without the tripod. I also used the self timer to take the photo so that I could avoid any camera shake. 


These techniques/supports can help us to take better photos. God provides supports for those of us who are Christians – His Word in the Bible, prayer, church, fellowship with others, and the Holy Spirit within to guide us. We need to make sure we are leaning on Him so that we can learn and grow in Him.