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Filters Photography Tips That Will Improve Your Exposure!

These filters photography tips will bring more clarity into what the potential benefits will be in your photography. If you’re wondering about whether to invest in one or more accessories for your camera, you will learn the basics about why you may need them and what they can do for you. Of course, the filter you use will depend upon the type of photography you will shoot. The filters we will discuss can be used in both digital and film photography.

Tips #1–UV Filters

A filter that you should always have on hand is the UV filter. An UV filter is essential because it prevents invisible ultraviolet light from entering through the lens. By filtering out the UV light, it helps your images appear sharper and more clear. This light can harm film, if you are shooting film. It also helps to keep your lens scratch free. Remember to take the filter off when shooting at night, as it may cause a change in the colors of your photos.

Polarizing Filters

A polarizing filter is used to counteract the effect of polarized light that produces glare. For example shooting a window display and metallic objects will require using a polarizing filter. This filter can be rotated until the reflections disappear. The polarizing filter also has a similar effect on light from a clear, bright sky, deepening tone.

Tip #3- Neutral Density and Graduated Filters

Almost all of the amazing landscape photographs you see has the benefit of an accessory that most non professionals have never even heard of. That’s the neutral density filter. Try this filter photography tip when working with light at the scene. An ND filter is specially designed to cut the amount of light coming from the scene, affecting all colors equally. This lets you use longer exposures than would otherwise be possible. A ‘graduated’ ND filter cuts more light at its top end than its bottom end, which can allow you to shoot landscapes when the sky is bright without overexposing the sky or underexposing the land.

A Word on Quality

Your camera, and the lens you put on it, probably didn’t come cheap – if you’re planning on using a filter of some kind, so think carefully before you go slapping a cruddy piece of glass right over the front of it. Hoya and Tiffen are well-respected manufacturers to look out for. These and other filters photography tips will surly help you improve your exposure.

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