What do you northern street shooter do in winter?

[FrankS]

What do you northern street shooter do in winter?

We print.

 

[Nikkor AIS]

 

[lxmike]

North East England/Scotish borders ahve been very cold this winter, only two days above sub zero, lowest temp -17 so far, a two week spell at beginning of December ave temp -7, so its been very cold, to cold for my battery cameras, so out come the mechanicals, Rollei 35S

 

[Dwayneb9584]

I'ts been crazy cold here in NY. I've been shooting though. A lot of interesting things you can find in this big city. Just made a post for January 2011 on my blog if anyone cares to check out some of the photos here.

 

[l.mar]

The temperature around Chicago is single digits, with wind chill much lower. Just wondering what you northerners do all winter for street shooting. Thanks.

John

Umm . . . keep on shooting? (Maybe a little more quickly . . .)

Jackson and Dearborn, Chicago, start of the 2/2011 blizzard. Ikonta C and Tri-X in D-76.

 

[Ken Ford]

I love shooting in winter, I just haven't been able to do much of it lately.

 

[ibraz]

About a month ago, temperature dropped to -43°C (-45°F), I was out in the street shooting people.
And my camera wasn't even mechanical. I just got the neverready case, put a handwarmer in it then the MEsuper so the batteries can still work.
Unfortunately, my RF's shutters frese at these temperatures...

Ow, and I also use some great gloves my girlfriend offered me, very thin, very warm, very grippy, a photographer's dream!

 

[silverbullet]

Umm . . . keep on shooting? (Maybe a little more quickly . . .)

Jackson and Dearborn, Chicago, start of the 2/2011 blizzard. Ikonta C and Tri-X in D-76.

Great! This is already a classic - despite the modrn cars! I like the pushing guy with the cartons......

BTW spring is coming.....

 

[eddie1960]

shoot on the subway and go to the pub (not with my RF this time)


SIJ january 24-9091.jpg by Eddie Smith, on Flickr


SIJ january 15-8721.jpg by Eddie Smith, on Flickr

 

[Keyne]

Cold is never an issue, but light is. With the day time job, it's only weekends that are left for "normal light" photography..


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+1. The light is the issue. Sucks to leave for work and come from work in the dark. Weekends only time to go out. Also, I typically plan my walks based on coffee shop/Bar locations to warm up along the way. I tried shooting the M8 with gloves and it works out a bit but I miss the feel without gloves. Also, a coat (like a Barbour classic hunting coat) with "hand warmer" style pockets work great... as you are walking stick one hand in there to warm up.

I can't wait for Spring.

 

[back alley]

tomorrow morning the temp will be -30c with a 'high' of -19 in the afternoon...
what will this northerner do?

shoot inside...

 

[MC JC86]

It's gotten a lot warmer this week. Philadelphia will seem much more welcoming this weekend then it did for the past couple of months. The solution used to be visiting friends in Miami.

 

[robbeiflex]

As with many posters here, the problem is not the cold it's the short days. Dark when I drive to work, dark when I drive home, leaving weekends for occasional shooting. Recent ski trips south to Switzerland with a Rollei 35S have been fruitful though: