Monday, March 19, 2007

Useful Camera Filters for Color Photography

Camera filters are a must equipment for photographers, it enhances the images and gives a different effect to the final photo.

UV Filter = Absorbs ultraviolet rays and creates less hazy photos. It is best to leave a UV filter on your camera lens at all times to protect the lens.

Polarizing Filters = It is best used when the sky is not too blue because using this intensifies the color of the sky giving it a color of deep blue. It also eliminates glare when you want to shoot through water.

Neutral Dentisty (ND) Filter
= Reduces the amount of light on a very bright sunny day. you can use this if you want to use longer shutter speed.

Graduated ND Filter = This filter is best used for landscape where the sky is extremely bright compard to the foreground. Using this will compensate for the light stop differential between the foreground and background, making the exposure even for the background and foreground.

There are other filters out in the market that can help modify the image. try shooting with and without filter to see the difference.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

how much does ND and Graduated ND costs? thanks.

Jeff Cua said...

It actually depends on the brand.