10 Lightroom Editing Tips to Transform Your Winter Photos

Ideas to Quickly Create Ethereal Winter Images

Winter has definitely arrived for those of us who live in the northern hemisphere. For many, this is an excellent time to spend more time editing their photos. Others enjoy taking on the challenge of taking their cameras out into the winter wonderland to transform the snowy scene into a fantastic photograph. I love getting outside and taking photos of a magical scene that has just been draped in a blanket of snow. And there are no mosquitoes here in Ontario!

Capturing a swirling winter scene poses unique challenges such as making white balance more of a priority, changing your composition and considering light and colour differently. Snow can transform the most boring scene into a winter wonderland, and the light and fluffy can set the stage for some brilliant photo opportunities. Nature’s lighting is unique in the winter as the early morning sun as a vibrant glow that reflects off the snow in a way that looks like a dream.

Editing these images in Lightroom can be very useful. In this post, I’m going to highlight the ideas and workflow that have worked for me. Don’t get discouraged if your edits don’t work the first time correctly. It’s well worth the challenge because winter offers a unique aesthetic that doesn’t exist in the other season. The…