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Snow pictures

it has been snowing quite a few day here and I just would like to pass around two good tips for taking snow pictures:

1. If you're not shooting in full manual it's a good idea to set your camera's Exposure Compensation to +1.0 since the camera's metering usually tends to under-expose when fooled by the white coverage.
2. I usually shoot in Shutter Priority mode (TV in Canon) to get the look I want for the falling snow. Depending on the wind speed a shutter speed between 1/80s to 1/125s usually produces a nice streak line for snow which has a dynamic look to it that I like. Shooting slower than that mostly makes the snow disappear or turn them into super long lines. Faster than that will make solid non-moving snow flakes in the air which might be the effect you're looking for, but lacks the sense of motion and direction.