Watch your exposure carefully--if the scene has a lot of white, your meter will underexpose to try to make it 18% gray. I would also say look for color within the snow--a blanket of whiteness is great when there is some wildly colorful detail to contrast with it.

Other than that, I don't have much to offer--we don't get much snow 'round these parts.

M

Where's my damn locations forum?

I don't have anything to add, sorry, never spent much time in that area. But here's a free bump for others to see the thread.

As Mark said, watch your whites, its very easy to loose alot of detail with the right combo of sun and snow.

Wow, I'm sorry, I didn't even read the post... I thought you were simply asking about Grand Rapids tips.

Basically with snow, as Matt and Mark said, watch your highlights. If you can get a cloudy day, you're golden but if the sun is out you'll have a hard time. Make sure you understand and use your histogram, ignore your LCD for actually judging the exposure of the shot. Your histogram will reflect the true values much better.

Also, with snow, watch where you step... think about what you want to shoot before you enter a scene. Footsteps ruin snow shots. I go WAY out of my way to get away from footsteps. River scenes are AWESOME in the snow, but make sure you have a good composition, don't just get excited about the snow. Step back, slow down, and think. Don't be afraid to get in the water for a better composition, your feet won't freeze off and its only cold at first.

Hope that helps some.

- Scott

Like Grand Rapids, Michigan?

I lived north of there for a summer in Big Rapids. Being from Austin you should go check out Lake Michigan, the shores are cool I think over there.