1st attempt at snow pic with grey card

[dbutler]

I tend to bracket my shots, using matrix. I start of at 0, then +1, then up to +2 (by 1/3's). . Somewhere in there, I get the shot I really want. Or two or three shots that I can sandwich together to get the shot I really want.

[Sebastian]

Chopperward,

Forget about the grey card, it's just a waste of time. Use your center weighted meter, fill it with the BRIGHTEST snow in the scene, and set your meter to be about 1.5 stops over what the camera is telling you is "right" there. To retain detail in whites, you are safe to be about 1.5 stops over the medium grey your camera wants to expose at. If you want shadows (blacks) with detail in them, do the same thing, except meter 1.5 to 2 stops UNDER your camera's meter when pointing it at the shadow area of the scene.