Shooting in the Low Light Conditions of Polar Night

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Photographing in Low Light: Polar Night + Arctic Wilderness Conditions can’t get any darker than dark and that’s what you’re faced with when photographing the landscapes of Lapland during the Polar Night period. It does however have its advantages. While the sun doesn’t rise above the horizon for the months of polar night (mid-winter), it can get pretty close. Instead of sunlight, the sun produces a beautiful pastel tone for about 2-4 hours each day. During this time if the sky is clear, you’re treated to a constant dusk or blue hour, almost ideal conditions for landscape photography without the need to wake up early, or stay out late! Actually, you’ll be photographing ideal twilight conditions at lunch time! The stark contrast between white snow-covered scenery and a colourful sky is akin to walking through a snow globe. Provided you’re equipped to handle the chilly conditions, you can aim to spend those pastel hours snow shoeing through forests in search of that perfect frozen photo. With the incredible stability of the OM SYSTEM cameras (and earlier OM-D systems such as the E-M1 MKII + E-M1 MKIII with Olympus), tripods aren’t a total necessity even when shooting aurora and stars. When...
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