Winter Photography Tips from the Yukon

Think back to when you were a kid… It was fall, and you couldn’t wait for that first snowfall to happen…

I remember growing up in Rural Ontario in the 1970’s when winter snowfalls dumped feet of snow in a day, changing the dull, dead landscapes of early winter into a winter wonderland.

After the snow would fall, we would run outside making snow angels, creating snowmen, building forts, and of course, playing street hockey long into the night under the street lights…

Now, some 40 years later, I still get excited for the first snowfall, only now, it’s not hockey sticks, it’s the camera I grab as I run outside with the same enthusiasm I had as a child.

And it’s not the street out-front of my house I play in, its locations like Iceland, Northern Ontario and the Yukon that I am drawn to.

As a photographer, I come to the Yukon every winter to photograph the amazing winter landscapes, the northern lights, and my favourite subject, the wildlife.

But winter photography comes with a new set of challenges than taking photos in the summer. So, for the next week, and as time permits, as I lead a group for Muench Workshops here in the Yukon, I am going to write about a challenge the group faced during the wildlife techniques workshops up here at Yukon Wildlife Preserve in Canada’s Winter Playground…

I will lay out the challenge that was faced, then discuss how we overcame the challenge, and show real world photos from our locations here in the Yukon…

So come back to my blog over the next few days for some winter photography tips from my workshop up here in Canada!