During our trip to Finland, we will enjoy an exciting programme of winter excursions and activities: dog sledding, snowmobiling and snowshoeing… In the afternoon, after a restorative sauna, photographer Ignasi Rovira will tell us about the Auroras and will teach you how to photograph them. At night we will witness an incredible festival of magic and colour in the sky.
Photograph the Northern Lights It's not an easy task, so here are a few tips:
For photography in low light, you will need long exposures. You can solve this by resting the camera on a tripod.
When photographing the northern lights in the dark, adjusting the camera to change settings. Knowing the camera well and heading out withparameters already set up, so you do not need to make major changes: slow shutter speed, wide aperture, slightly higher ISO, focus at infinity…
At night, when photographing the Northern Lights, it is very cold, and handling the camera with gloves or mittens is difficult. We will therefore need to remove them, working quickly to keep our fingers from freezing.
Did you know that cold makes batteries drain faster? Bring spares so you do not miss the chance to photograph the northern lights.
The auroras are very photogenic in themselves; including some landscape in the photograph adds a sense of scale
Sometimes with little light the autofocus of the cameras does not work properly so we recommend taking the photographs with manual focus set to infinity, preferably with a wide-angle lens.
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