It's snowing! How can I capture it?

[KansanShooter]

The snow fall is beautiful! What settings would be good to catch the snow in mid air? Im still a newb...but im thinking narrow apeture and fast shutter? Taking all suggestions..thanks.

 

[§am]

Not an expert but try f/8 at maybe 1/250 and then adjust from there.
Or cheat... put your camera in 'Snow scene' mode, take a picture, then look at the settings and adjust them yourself

 

[STM]

It all depends on what kind of effect you are looking for. If you want to convey a sense that it is snowing hard, than a slower shutter speed, say 1/15, would be good as it would blur the snow somewhat. Keep in mind that if there is already a lot of snow on the ground, your meter is going to want to expose things to an averagbe of Zone V (18% gray) which could make the snow look dingy, so you will need to open up 1, if not 2 stops, to render the snow as Zone VI or preferably VII

 

[BackdoorArts]

If it's a soft snow then 1/250 should be enough. Faster snow requires a faster shutter speed. And you want depth of field to capture all the white plus the scenery, so bump the ISO.

 

[pedroj]

Video.....

 

[KansanShooter]

Lol..thanks everyone.

 

[Marcel]

I think that sometimes shooting the snowy conditions at night are nice. Here are a few pics that I did tonight after dinner:

 

[Patrick M]

Nice Marcel


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[SkvLTD]

Forgot my settings for this one, but they weren't rocket science or anything like that-