{"id":1311,"date":"2021-02-01T08:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T08:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2021-02-01T15:01:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:01:53","slug":"photography-gloves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/photography-gloves\/","title":{"rendered":"Gloves for Winter Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_38043\"  width=\"768\" height=\"432\"  data-origwidth=\"768\" data-origheight=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OoDDi_EOiQM?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Glv-0885-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1312\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Glv-0885-Edit.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Glv-0885-Edit-227x340.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Author Kevin Davis with the Meteor Mitt by Outdoor Research<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Operating a camera can be difficult (or impossible) while wearing gloves or mittens.&nbsp; This problem is compounded if your fingers are very prone to becoming cold \u2013 perhaps your fingers get cold at a temperature that causes no trouble at all for some of your friends.&nbsp; That\u2019s the subject of my video: Gloves for Winter Photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Available products change every year; companies routinely invent new models and some older models may be discontinued. Of those that I have personally owned and used, here are my favorite lightweight gloves for mild temperatures (all are touch-screen compatible):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#3 REI: Grip Gloves<br>#2 Black Diamond: Powerweight Liner Series<br>#1 Burton: Screen Grab Liner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1050414.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1313\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1050414.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1050414-340x340.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/1050414-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past ten days, I have twice used a glove seen in the video, a pop-finger fishing glove by Palmyth, which I paired with a touch-compatible glove liner. In advance of a snow forecast, I selected these gloves to wrap burlap around shrubs, a task that involves twine and tying knots. And for photography, I used these same gloves to pilot an aerial drone. With my fingertips covered merely by a glove liner, operating the touch-screen was beautifully easy. However, for a flight that lasted less than 15 minutes, my fingers soon became cold. As the air temperature was 33 degrees (f), this solution was barely adequate and would be a terrible choice for a shoot lasting an hour at that temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shown here are a couple specific glove-mittens (a.k.a. glomitts) that I tried but personally decided that they didn\u2019t measure up. Both include a pocket to hold a heat packet, which is a nice feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Glv-8931.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1314\" width=\"330\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Glv-8931.jpg 659w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Glv-8931-311x340.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The first is an insulated glomitt from Cabellas. Unfortunately the finger openings were so snug that they could not accommodate a base-layer, a glove liner.&nbsp; Since bare fingertips is not practical for my cold fingers, this product was unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second is an unusual full-finger glomitt, the Heat3 Smart glove. The interior glove and exterior mitten are fully integrated, the glove is not removable.&nbsp; Having read very favorable reviews of this product, I tried it.&nbsp; However, I was disappointed and promptly returned them. Considering the cost of these gloves is $150 (or more), I can get a battery-heated solution for about the same money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the exceptional construction, the shortcoming of this glove occurs when in half-mitten mode.&nbsp; With the mitten folded back and fingers exposed, this product is no better than a lightweight glove. If I need an extended period of time making photographs (with the mitten folded back), it simply is not adequate.&nbsp; A slightly better solution is a half-finger glove with a lightweight glove underneath; therein, the fingers below the knuckle have a double-layer while the fingertips have a single layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I must also note that the Heat3 Smart gloves include a magnet. That can be problematic; see tip #7 in my video about gloves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Glv-8882.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1315\" width=\"540\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Glv-8882.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Glv-8882-340x295.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For operating a camera in cold weather, here are real tested solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[223,64,50],"class_list":["post-1311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment","tag-gloves","tag-photography","tag-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1311"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1318,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1311\/revisions\/1318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kevindavisphoto.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}