Fog is one of my favorite conditions for outdoor photography. You have to be careful, though, that the bright, white mist doesn't adversely affect the meter reading. Because fog is so bright, like snow, it can cause underexposure especially if it dominates the center portion of the composition. Check your exposures on the LCD screen on the back of your camera often when shooting in fog, and if you feel that the pictures are a bit underexposed, correct this using the exposure compensation feature built into all digital cameras. Adjusting the ISO doesn't help; you must adjust the exposure compensation to lighten the pictures.
This is Bled Castle in Slovenia, one of the places I bring my photo tour group to in the Croatia/Slovenia/Montenegro photo tour next May.
2 Comments
Nov 29, 2015, 10:24:43 AM
Daniel Reynaud - Thx, I must say I hadn't thought of the fog in that manner in relation with the meter.
Nov 29, 2015, 9:29:31 AM
Jim - You're welcome, Dan. Any very light area in a picture affects the meter. Snow is especially an issue, but fog is, too. Even fill the frame with a bride in a white dress affects the meter into underexposing the images.