RE: Snow.

Yes, angles are a good idea! I did a lot of angle-work when doing the pics for my various products. I even put a table in front of two chairs I would get the perfect angle with the background :-D

I didn't have the clothes to do that in the snow, though... I tried to work with some angles, but those pics didn't work out as I wanted, so they're left behind.

That post production is interesting. I don't know much about that. I usually just use contrast, highlights & shadows, warmth, sometimes sharpness - in the regular Windows editor. What did you do? I guess giving more accent to contrast?