I've done a lot of 35mm shooting in the snow, and I usually focus more on basic safety than anything special about photography. If I follow basic safety rules, and don't try anything stupid, things have always worked out fine.
Some key things I do are:
- Wear warm clothes (mittens keep your hands warmer than gloves)
- Wear hiking boots, and traction devices if needed (like Moose Tracks)
- Walk like a Penguin. Short little steps help keep traction.
- Keep spare batteries warm in an inside coat pocket (for digital backs in your case)
- Let your equipment adjust to the outside temperature. This can take up to an hour. To reduce condensation on equipment, put everything in a zip top plastic bag until the equipment cools down.
- Check the weather before you start the day, and keep up to date with a weather radio.
- Have someone in charge of doing a head count. Do it several times during the shoot to be sure someone hasn't wandered off or been hurt. Be sure to do it at the end of the shoot too.
- Be sure your cell phone has a full charge.
- Let someone, not in your group, know what area you'll be at, and about when you should return. Then be sure to let that person know when you've returned.
Have Fun,
Jeff
Jeff,
Really apreciate the following:
* Check the weather before you start the day, and keep up to date with a weather radio.
* Have someone in charge of doing a head count. Do it several times during the shoot to be sure someone hasn't wandered off or been hurt. Be sure to do it at the end of the shoot too.
* Be sure your cell phone has a full charge.
* Let someone, not in your group, know what area you'll be at, and about when you should return. Then be sure to let that person know when you've returned.
We do need to do this. Hate to see someone left behind and we have to go search for them. Others outside of where we are going should know too.
I think we should report to the ranger station early and let them know how many of us there are in the park. Maybe a roster of names too. This would probably mean we all "check out too" when we leave. I do not know how receptive of this they would be.
Lee