Well, it's official. Along with two members of my photography class, I'll be off to Europe's northern latitudes to shoot some stunning panorama and wildlife shots!
Well, maybe not quite. Nonetheless, preparation for our faux trip is essential at the moment, and that means we should probably know a little something about how to deal with ice and photography.
Apart from the usual considerations of battery temperature (they will drain quicker and seem to be out of power once they get particularly cold), we're going to have to start becoming adept with a polarizing filter. The dramatic look of the ice that so many good nature photographers are able to achieve can only be done this way. This is the only way to achieve the colors that we want to bring out and to avoid the pictures being nothing but a massive glare of sunlight.
More than likely, we're going to have to do a fair amount of image adjustment with photo editing software. Brightness and contrast settings are of particular concern, as well as saturation. Perhaps we should start slow and get some pictures in a place like Glacier National Park to experiment with these settings. Once we hit the Arctic Circle, the time for play is over and we're on the clock.
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