Clear blue skies, sparkling new snow, a few minus degrees but very warm in the sun. It’s a classic late winter’s day! I decided to do the same skiing trip as yesterday, thought it would be a different experience now that the tracks are new and the sun is shining. And so it was, I kept stopping at frequent intervals just to admire the scenery around me. The weather had brought out a lot of other skiers as well. Two, to be exact, but this is Los so two qualifies as ”a lot”! Photographing on a bright day like this brings me back to the days of film. I couldn’t see anything in the LCD display with what the sunlight and snow so it was just a matter of making sure that the exposure and composition were correct. But it’s not that hard – if there’s snow in the picture (and let’s face it, it will be mostly snow!), make sure that all your key elements in the picture are sunlit (otherwise they will be underexposed) and then meter the brightest snowdrift and just overexpose it by 1 2/3 stops (or full 2, it’s a matter of taste), and you’re home safe! It works, I promise.

Note to self: Time for sunscreen.