Hi Everyone

As a professional event and conference photographer Edinburgh Glasgow and throughout Scotland, I tend to work indoors, however not all my work is indoors and as a newspaper photographer in Lothian, I had to drive to locations in severe weather, then to often work outside.  I have also photographed sport, bungee jumping, weddings and supercars in the snow, so I know my way round bad weather.  So what tips are there for professional photographers in severe weather.  Here they are below:

1. Make sure you are dressed for it, prepare for the worst conditions. Event photographers in Scotland should be ready for ever changeable weather, even in the summer.  So wrap up and make sure you car is also prepared for the weather.  As a landscaper photographer in Scotland, I have often had to drive in all sort of locations and a healthy car is just about as important as a healthy photographer.

2. In bad weather, you won’t be able to take so many shots, your subjects won’t want to hang about, I had this at a wedding photography assignment once and I had to make the photos count, as the couple couldn’t stand for too long.  This applies to all outdoor event photography in Scotland in the winter, or even in the summer sometimes.

3. It is even more important to check your gear when the weather is bad.  You will also need more batteries and you won’t want to be changing lenses as much due to time constraints, so pack that zoom.

4. Take care of your gear, I once damaged a lens as I had in appropriate footwear whilst doing sports photography in Edinburgh once.  I tried to get a good vantage point on a snowy hill and went flying. Use waterproof protection when required and a lens hood.

5. Always check the weather forecast and plan accordingly.  It may be better to take the train rather than drive if possible, check on Twitter regarding any weather issues.  I used to use this as my method of determining the football and rugby cancellations when working as a newspaper photographer Scotland.  If the weather is due to be terrible, as an event photographer in Edinburgh, Scotland, you should contact the client. In the case of sport, will the event be cancelled.  For wedding photographers in Scotland, have a chat with the couple about a revised programme of photos, given the bad weather.  Finally, leave earlier than normal.  The professional photographer should never be late for a commission.

Hope that helps.  These tips may sound obvious, but I bet there are cases up and down the country where people have been caught out failing to take the above suggestions into account.

Anyway, until next time.

Kind Regards

Colin

www.colinwrightphotography.co.uk