Ice Climbing

[mitchbraun13]

Hi all,
I am going to an ice climb in a couple of weeks to shoot and am worried about, well... the ice. I know I will have trouble, being totally new at shooting with bright ice. I was hoping I could get a few pointers on how to approach the glaring ice. Thanks a ton. Hope to hear from some of you.

[Old Timer]

Wish I could be of help but your out of my category completely on this one. I hope one of the others will come with some good ideas for you. Good luck.

[mitchbraun13]

Thanks anyways. Anybody... anybody...
I guess it doesn't have to be just ice climbing, but any shooting against the bright snow and ice tips would be helpful. Im just looking for ways to get good pictures with limited glare off the ice and good shadow. It may be one of those days where I need to just watch the sun and take a bunch of test shots finding the best way, but suggestions are still helpful. Thanks a lot.

[SmartWombat]

Your meter will tend to under-expose the shots.
The assumption is that the scene is average in tone, not predominantly white.
So if you're using digital, you can check the histogram.
Make sure you haven't got the peak whites at about 3/4 the way across.
And then adjust the exposure +0.6 or +1.

If you're using a P&S camera then it probably has a built-in set of exposure modes, you'll probably find a snow mode to use.