One of the loveliest photos I’ve ever taken was of an ice covered snow branch after a particularly big storm. I took it from my porch because the ice was too slippery to walk on. Ever since then, I’ve been taking pictures of snowy branches, icicles, etc and printing them in black and white. These snowy scenes make lovely art for the walls.
To take your own snowy photos to create black and white art, you should:
- Try to create a frame for the photo. Shooting through a v in a tree’s branches or having branches framing one side of a snowy scene can add interest.
- Think about settings. Unless you want a grainy look, like an old fashioned movie still, you’ll want to shoot with the lowest possible ISO and plenty of light. (Your automatic setting should help you out if you are using a digital camera.)
- Have fun. You can take a ton of photos with digital cameras without spending anything but some battery juice, so go ahead and be creative.
Don’t feel like you can make decent art for your walls with your own camera? You can. Really. However, if you don’t want to try, Snowflake Bentley has you covered with some beautiful public domain snowflake images.
Photo: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce
Post from: Blisstree