Properly exposing B@W film for snow scenes

[DF]

Here's what I do under bright sunny skies with snow all over: Position yourself & camera for the scene you want - point your camera away from that scene above or away from all that hyper-reflecting whiteness to say, a patch or small area that isn't covered with snow or some neutral area if there is one,. Take a meter reading - keep that reading and point camera back to the scene you want and ADD 1 stop, then 1 1/2, stops, 2 stops - 3 in all.
Also, FP4 works well for snow scenes.

 

[Harry Stevens]

Here's something novel.........Go out moan about the cold and hope the camera as climatised look at the scence you want to shoot, let out a grunt then over exposose by 1 stop what you thought you needed.
Job done.

 

[Ces1um]

kinda depends on the photo you're taking. If there is an actual subject (like a person) I usually meter for the subject bringing my camera close to the subject and I just use whatever the camera's meter suggests. If I'm taking a photo of say a snowy landscape I usually overexpose the meters reading by 1.5-2 stops.

 

[Vaughn]

I just returned home from a week in the snow up in Eastern Washington. Great light, fluffy snow in trees and all that! But I found it to be extremely difficult to expose film properly in the snow -- especially since in the rush to leave, I forgot the camera at home.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I just returned home from a week in the snow up in Eastern Washington. Great light, fluffy snow in trees and all that! But I found it to be extremely difficult to expose film properly in the snow -- especially since in the rush to leave, I forgot the camera at home.

If you had remembered the camera, you would have left the lens cap on or forgotten to remove the darkslide.

 

[Vaughn]

I forgot the Rolleiflex, so no darkslide to forget, but I probably would have found some way to screw up in below-freezing temps! Instead of newly exposed film, I guess I will work on developing my backlog of 4x5 Tech Pan from this past year. Got some Technidol...Perhaps standing over trays will be a nice way to bring in the New Year!