 Molly O'Connell |
how to take photographs on the slopes? I am an avid snowboarder, and I want to take pictures of my friends doing tricks, and also just of the beautiful scenery up surrounding me. I am woundering if anyone has any experience, with traveling in the cold mountain areas with thier camera, tripod, etc. I've never tryed to carry all the equiptment up there with me, so I'm wondering if there are any pointers on what film to use, a good time to go, if I should use a flash or tripod, and how to protect my camera from getting wet? Please Help?
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
A metal tripod on a cold day will make your hands numb in less than a minute if you don't have gloves. Somebody even wrap the metal parts like the legs in something. But if you're going to be trying to carry stuff and snowboard, you should keep to only what you'll need. Like one wide angle, and a zoom or small telephoto. A 300 f/4 isn't very big. A tripod may not work if you going to take pictures of people snowboarding. Just pan with them as they go by. A backpack camera bag might be the easiest way to carry everything, or one of those waist belts that you can add on different pockets. 200 speed film should work if it's a clear day. Just make sure your exposure isn't thrown off by the brightness of the snow. To keep it dry you can use zip lock bags with silica packages when you not using the camera. And if it's real, real cold, when you go back inside, leave everything wrapped tight in plastic until they start to warm up so you don't get condensation inside everything.
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Molly O'Connell |
what are the silica packages your are talking about with the plastic bags?
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
silica packages are little packages of moisture absorbent material that I think a silicon based material. But you may have seen them placed in the box or in with packing material if you've ever bought brand new camera equipment. They are about the same size as sugar packages in resturants. They help protect electronics, optical equipment from moisture build up that could overtime lead to fungus,mold growing inside a lens. If you spend long hours out in the snow, it's an extra protective measure against condensation for when you come back inside to a warm building. I have a lens that came with a advisory suggestion that if I used it in very cold weather for an extended time, that when I came back inside that I should wrap it in an air tight plastic bag until the lens came up to room temperature. You may be able to find them in a camera store.
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