Water week activities - how to take pictures of snowflakes?

When the snow shows, it's very fun to take pictures! 

Sometimes snowflakes can occur triangular or hexagonal, but most are hexagonal. This is because the water molecule is curved. As they freeze, due to their shape, they group into rings of six. As they continue to freeze, others join them, until a beautiful hexagonal snowflake grows. As it flies through different temperature zones, the snowflake melts or grows until it acquires it's unique shape. 

It takes a lot of patience to photograph snowflakes, but the final images are worth all the trouble!  It is best to do it in sub-zero temperatures, snow, or just falling snow, because then the snowflakes are most beautiful. It is also advisable to wear thick gloves, because from the heat of the hands, snowflakes begin to dissolve before you will be able to take a picture. For this reason, you also should allow all the items you will use to cool down too before shooting. 

The easiest way to get snowflakes is to put down a black scarf and let the snowflakes fall on it. But if you want to show a little more creativity, you can catch snowflakes, or take them out of the snow with a piece of glass or clear plastic. Then it’s easy to light snowflakes from both the front and back, or change the background. When you change the lighting, the snowflakes shine to produce very interesting effects, so you can make truly unique shots. So do not forget a portable light source and the objects (for example colored paper etc.) for background. 

Your phone camera is completely enough for quality photos. But if you have a lens attached to it, a simple magnifying glass, or even a microscope, be sure to try taking photos with them as well. This way you will get much more detailed photos!

Finally, after photographing the snowflakes, note the weather conditions - temperature, wind and clouds. Next time, when shooting when the weather changes, snowflakes will look completely different. Compare it and discuss what causes this!