Some TR links, Klickitat HW and Pelton Peak

Andy. Tricks? Let me see, there are a few certainly. I'll mention some and few lessons learned, it is really difficult to teach it all here.

The most common mistake is not compensating for bright light. Use exposure compensation and go + 1 or so stops. Shooting directly at the sun, you will have to do even more. Also, keep your f-stop high, say f16+, and a wide angle, when wanting to get a sun burst. Also helps to shot directly at the sun.

Filters. They are indispensable. I could talk for a few pages about what I've learned about these in my past 5 months of using them. They've helped me step up my game, but I've made mistakes. The Klickitat HW for instance, I shot with a polarizer directly into the sun. Not good. Don't do it. There are more of course. I won't even get into using ND grads.

Setting the scene. This is key. All aside, what i am learning is how to make a scene interesting, how to order the angles and people, mountains, snow, trees, streams, whatever. That takes time to gain an eye for. It's a continuous battle for me. I don't feel like I'm where I want to be with this yet, but as you mentioned, I'm getting closer. Between these trips in May and my trips now, I feel much more confident, but it has been all I've been doing this summer.

Finally, the biggest key in skiing or action, is being fast, catching people being real. That is the hardest thing for me to master. It takes knowing the characters you chose to be out there with well.

So you shoot + EV rather than - EV in bright, high contrast conditions. I guess that makes sense if you want to have your shadows still discernible. Does shooting in raw help you recover any of the highlights?

RAW is always better for editing purposes. Since any editing is a destructive process RAW can help in recovering details because there is more information to begin with. If you don't expose right for the scene, such as going +1EV then you are throwing out info when you don't  have too, thus losing quality. Hope that makes sense to you If you want to understand RAW, buy Camera RAW ...it will teach you a lot.

Jason,

Excellent trip reports and pictures as usual. I appreciate the tips on shooting and advice you've given me in the past. Keep up the stoke!

Matt

Matt, et al always happy to teach what I know and share the adventures when I can.

Jason - I too, think your photo work is really getting awsome.
You might officially consider sharing some for the TAY cover per Marcus' request a while back. Might be a nice change to get some professional camera work on the cover