Shooting on a foggy day

Lots of people think its got to be a sunny day to get great photographs.  But some of the most evocative images are made in transitional light or inclement weather.


Fog is one of my favorite conditions to shoot in.  The light wraps around objects and envelopes them a soft, lovely atmosphere.  And it creates a sense of depth that comes from the loss of definition the further away from the camera the subject is.  That means you can really separate your main subject from the background, and in a way much different that by using depth of field, for example.


One suggestion is to consider the White Balance while making exposures in this kind of light.  You could go with Auto White Balance (AWB), but I generally prefer to shoot with Daylight or maybe even a Tungsten setting.  Using the Daylight setting tends to make the image a bit bluer (Tungsten even more so), and as a result creates a more mysterious or cold quality to the photography.