Photography podcast #78 talks about how to enjoy winter photography. Many photographers avoid shooting in the winter because‚ it’s too cold and they feel uncomfortable. What a huge mistake. There are so many spectacular winter scenes to photograph and the cold can be tamed with the right gear. The majority of the podcast is dedicated to how to keep your entire body warm on a cold winter day. We talk about shooting at different levels of coldness including very cold temperatures like –20 degrees C (-4 degrees F) and colder. We also touch on tips like avoiding condensation and preserving battery power.
Winter photography gear
Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
Le Baron — Awesome camping/fishing store in MTL. Great products.
SSG Silk Winter Glove Liners at Amazon
Fox River Four Layer Glomitt on Amazon
Polar Ex Glomitt Fleece Mitten/Gloves — Medium-Gray
Gordini Da GORE-TEX-‚« Goose II Mittens Mens
Heat Max Hot Hands hh2
Lorpen Hunting Extreme Primaloft Socks on Amazon
Toe-sters battery powered foot warmers
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Hey thanks a ton for that comment Eliezer — very much appreciated!
Hi Marko! I’ve been hearing your podcast for more than two years, but this is the first time I enter in your forum. First, let me congratulate for an excellent podcast. I enjoyed everyone of it. Including this one. Where I live we don’t have problems with cold weather (Ocala, FL), but I certainly love traveling to the states in the north part of USA during the winter. You provided a lot of good stuff information.
Keep it up!
Just a tip, instead of battery powered shoe inserts, you can also purchase 6–8 hour toe warmers by the same company that make the handwarmers as well. I can attest they work really well!
I also have a few re-usable handwarmers that I use –there’s a disk you snap inside that heats it up and before you use them again, throw them in a pot of boiling water for about 10 minutes until they unharden…then you can use them again and again!
Nice podcast Marko! Respect for the temparatures you’ve got to endure. We’re complaining about the cold when it’s below +5 C here in Holland. But you’ve explaned some great techniques here to keep warm. Tnx!
Very good information Marko. I also didn’t know about the cotton. But that explains why I always felt cold on my back even though I also had sufficiently thick clothes.
If I would add anything, I’d say, take a good little thermos flask with some hot tea or something. That can really save your mood to stay outside a few hours extra.
Of course after all your good info, the temperatures in Germany suddenly jumped from around –8 C up to +15 C. But at least it’s the right time to get some of your recommendations cheaper in seasonal sales.
Good informative podcast, Marko. I honestly never knew cotton was a no-no. I’ll be on the hunt for some silk glove liners (thanks to Amazon.com not shipping to Canada and Amazon.ca not having anywhere near the same range of goods to offer us Canucks!). I’m sure you already know this, but for any others worried about condensation going from frigid outdoors to warm indoors I heard leaving your camera/lens in the backpack to stabilize, wrapping in a towel, or putting in a ziploc bag helps. I found some huge ziploc bags (for storing toys, balls etc) in the grocery dept at Wal-mart that could make short work of even the biggest body/grip/lens combo, and I keep one nicely folded in my backpack just in case (handy for rain and other conditions too).
nice Marko, I would add that scottvest type also helps warming up and carrying stuff, some are weather proof which will protect your equip from light snow, and small bags of silica gel also helps keeping your sensitive equips dry.
Nice summing up. Layers are very much the way to go and if you’re into hiking I can highly recommend Kahtoola’s MICROspikes. Google them then buy them. Not a replacement for crampons per se, but they do a great job in ice or hard packed snow. Deep powder does clog them, so be prepared for that. I love mine and keep them either in the car or in my backpack in a little nylon bag.