what do you shoot in the winter if you don't like going out in the cold.

[tecboy]

Let's all go skinny dipping in the frozen lake!

 

[Rick50]

Let's all go skinny dipping in the frozen lake!

People do this kind of crazy stuff. When I was a kid Dad had a Finnish Sauna in the basement, so we would get all steamed up and run outside and make butt prints in the snow. Of course you didn't hang around too long before it was back into the heat. Opens up the pores.

 

[jsecordphoto]

I hate the cold, but there are some amazing opportunities for landscape and wildlife photography during the winter. I struggle through it and sometimes it pays off. Having a nice hot cup of coffee at home, processing photos that came out amazing from a cold sunrise makes it worth it.

 

[Scatterbrained]

Still life. Or just drive down to Fl.

 

[BillM]

Just sit in the car and roll down the window, that's what we did yesterday. He didn't seem to mind that I was nice and warm

 

[D-B-J]

I actually just ordered a bundle of "studio" supplies. Vellum (black and white), black acrylic, krylon clear acrylic, glycerin, etc. I plan to learn how to NAIL product shots this winter. Other than that, still life. Landscapes. All of it. My shooting doesn't really change that much in the winter... I just go out a bit less..

 

[KmH]

what do you shoot in the winter if you don't like going out in the cold

Incense smoke.

And then color with image editing software.

Droid

The Rose

9th Dimension

Bun In The Oven

The Arbor

Warp Speed Transition

Scheherazade

Last Tango In Paris

 

[MSnowy]

I draw the line at -1*F for outside shooting. So I'm outside all year shooting.

 

[KmH]

The air temperature with wind chill was -15 when I made a series of exposures (Nikon D90, AF 50 mm f/1.8D) for this sunset image.
I was dressed like a Himalaya mountain climber and was out for about 2 hours that day.

 

[Gary A.]

To shoot and avoid the cold, I just don't drive to the mountains.

 

[MSnowy]

Air temp 5*f windchill -17*f

 

[dannylightning]

The smoke photos are are a good idea, setting in the car is not a bad idea but there are not many places around here that I know of where I could just set in the car and get good shots. most of the places known for having allot of birds around here are state parks and you got to go walk the trails to find them, the last 3 times I went out it was getting colder and I barley saw any birds. I have never seen them near the parking lots.

There is a hawk that comes in my yard but so far this year, today is the first time I saw it, it swooped down to get something in my yard and than it was gone. it used to hangout in my yard or the neighbors yards but it has not lately, the crows always fight with it.

I am one of those people who bundle up like crazy and still cant get warm in the winter, last year when it was super cold I wore so much stuff and still froze my butt off..

 

[jsecordphoto]

Last winter there were a few days where it was so cold (around -15 I believe) that there was sea smoke out along the coast. I decided to stay in my nice warm bed instead of going out. A bunch of my photographer friends went out, and the photos they got have me kicking myself to this day.

 

[Nevermore1]

Since the cold causes my knees to act up I'm planning on spending a lot of time indoors. I have also been trying to come up with ideas. I've done the incense smoke but will probably mess around with it some more and try to figure out how to do water drops. My kids haven't been particularly cooperative for sitting still lately but if I can tie'em down for a bit then I'll play with my flash (and finally try to learn how to use it).

 

[Buckster]

I'm not very fond of cold weather either, though I spent a good part of my career years working up utility poles all year round, even when sub-zero temperatures carried by winds without anything to slow them down as they whipped across the lakes and hit me in the face were pretty much torture. What can I say? I did it for the money. lol

It taught me how to really dress in effective layers though. I couldn't climb and work up utility poles if I was a walking pillow, no matter how cold it got. So, though I have little interest in going out in winter, when I do, I know how to dress for it and stay warm.

I've lived and worked all over the country, including many years in warm, wonderful, tropical climates, and what do I do? I'm retired to Northern Michigan. This was the scene here this morning:

It keeps us busy so that the roof won't cave in:

99% of my shooting is done in my studio anyway, so not much changes year-round for me.

Sometimes I brave our "Winter Wonderland" though, and get out locally to have a look around, and get a little reward of some sort:

You never know when you'll be taking some shots of water splashing up on the breakwall at the pierhead in a storm, notice what looks like a couple of seals, remember that there are no seals in Lake Michigan, look closer through the blinding snowstorm, and see a couple guys out on Lake Michigan (Little Traverse Bay, to be exact) surfing in a snow storm in sub-zero temperatures:

It was actually 13 degrees out, but then you have to calculate in the wind chill factor. It was WAY-STUPID cold, is what it was. Yes, many of us Northern Michigan people ARE insane.

But mostly, I stick to portraits, products, water and milk drops, and other assorted indoor shooting.