cold weather photography
When it comes to outdoor and travel photography, every season has its signature attributes. Springtime is about the pastels of awakening flowers, summer is about the lushness of landscapes in full bloom, and fall is the final riot of color before the onset of winter. And winter? Winter is about light, and wouldn’t you know it—that’s exactly what photography is about.
Photographs © Allan Weitz 2021
My 100 Nights project has opened my eyes in other, unexpected ways. Inspiration comes in many forms. Sometimes it’s the environment that inspires me. On this particular night, in Iceland, last March, my friend David Wilder and I had been chasing clear skies to photograph the aurora. We started off at the famous Glacier Lagoon. We had scouted potential compositions in the daylight and were able to get a few aurora shots before crowds and clouds (surprise, surprise) thwarted our plans. We
So far, the weather is definitely the biggest challenge I’ve experienced in my 100 Nights project. So much so, that I could have called the project 100 nights of bone-chilling cold. Seriously, I keep finding new limits to the amount and duration of cold I can endure. I can’t even tell you how many nights I’ve shot in temperatures below -30° Celsius in the Canadian Rockies. But somehow, I keep coming back for more!
I joke that my camera batteries last longer than I do, because I leave my cameras running while I sit in the car trying to get warm
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In the following video, photographer David Flores offers up some tips for photographing in the cold. Ranging from how to prepare for your shoot to how finish your shoot for the day, Flores gives insight on some simple tricks to make photographing a bit easier during this cold-but-beautiful time of the year. For further reading, check out our other cold-weather articles on Essential Tips and