versatile accessory can transform your portrait photography by allowing for greater control over exposure and depth of field, even in challenging lighting conditions. In this article, we will explore 3 ways to use ND filters for portraits and give our recommendations on which ND filters to use. ...
In case you plan to stack two or more filters, it is recommended that the graduated ND filter be placed last, for example in front of a 10-stop ND filter, so as to avoid having any optical aberrations. In general, rectangular graduated ND filters are preferred due to their large surface...
Over the years I have become very experience with those filters. And my arsenal has not grown bigger, instead I reduced the number of GND filters I use to two: a 0.6 hard GND and a 0.6 soft GND. Those two filters are, in my opinion, the most versatile landscape photography filter set...
As you begin to use and experiment with ND filters you are going to grow as a photographer. Keep creativity in mind to give your shots a distinguished and unique look. As I like to say, “pixels are cheap” so be sure to make lots of pixels as you experiment with your ND filters. ...
When we talk about exposure, we think in terms of stops. A 2-stop ND filter stops twice as much light as a 1-stop filter. We use stops to make the transition between camera settings and filters easier. A stop in photography either doubles or halves the amount of light that hits your...
in a single frame. Traditionally, photographers have turned to graduated neutral-density (ND) filters, or more recently, high dynamic range (HDR) photography. But, both methods have their shortcomings. Thankfully, where ND grads and HDR fail, Lightroom’s graduated filter tool can sometimes ...
I still use a mild warming filter (81A) on all my digital cameras since I prefer the look I get, even with the WB adjusted warm.The more you learn about photography the more you'll also learn that artificial filters and manipulation are required to make a natural looking image. Ansel ...
ND filters come in a variety of shapes and sizes. We will not discuss all of them, but we will include the ones that are relevant to this technique. Screw-On Filter This type of filter is the most common in photography. As the name suggests, it screws on to the front of your lens...
” In the spirit of that, one of the best ways to use people in photographs is to shoot them with a long exposure to add a sense of motion within the image. While this can be tricky because it can require extra equipment such as a tripod and ND filters on top of choosing the ...
I want to buy one of these cameras but people only refer to them having a built in ND filter not how many stops there are like in the RX10ii. Can anyone tell me please, is it a variable or is it simply ND filter on/off, if so what stop ND filter is it?