Would be cool to do a huge arctic Dio,maybe like a joe raid on Cobra way up north,and Joe comes in and crashs the cobra party.

Any ideas?

There are quite a few movies (mostly cold war) that spring to mind involving the far north and south. Things such as a race through the hostile terrain to ge to a satelite or the like, or one side has a hidden base that gets attacked. I think an important factor is the terrain, and perhaps highlighting the hostility of it all (Cliffhanger: When Sly looses his coat for instance).

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If you're shooting outside, wait for a slightly overcast day so you're not overwhelmed by a giant mass of reflective white snow. If you have an SLR camera or a digital camera that accepts color filters, look into a CIRCULAR POLARIZER filter which helps eliminate glare and also adds contrast to light hues and shadows. Also, if shooting outdoors, keep your camera wrapped up so no moisture gets inside and cold also causes batteries to die early. I usually wrap my camera in a modified zip lock bag with a rubber band holding a trimmed open hole down over my lens.

Woodland Scenics makes an artificial snow that you could use to recreate the outdoors inside.

I also was thinking of doing similar, and thought of maybe flour or baby powder to do the same.

I'm not one to shoot outdoors though...no real place to do it and I don't want to pay to replace pieces and parts that might get damaged or lost.

If you do it inside, create a base foundation of towels or rags or whatnot, and then put the powder/snow on top of it. Gives the illusion of a snow mound when it's just a small coating on top.

dan

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Any Arts N Crafts store should have fake snow that you can use. I would advise against shooting a Dio of any leangth outside.

1 Wear on your camera
2 Wear on you
3 Wear on your figures
4 Lost weapons
5 less controll over the layout of the scene. Remember that real snow gets messy, quick.

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Bah! Do what I do and suck it up...walk out in the knee deep snow and start taking pictures.

Seriously, an arctic shots I've done, I've done right out in my front or back yard (one of the benefits to New Englad winters, I suppose). Depending on what type of fake snow you get will really depend on how successful it is, but personally, I'd rather try the real thing.

I don't think I've lost anything yet, although I did drop my camera in a snow bank twice during my recent Ice Sabre shoot.

Everything still seems to be working okay, though...

I will agree, though, that if you DO have the option of shooting inside, try that first...I do prefer the controlled environment (and warmth!) of inside shooting, too...just for snow shots I take advantage of living up North.

Justin

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