Here’s a strange photography hack that may sound stupid and unbelievable… but it can actually work: if you have a filter that’s hopelessly stuck to the front of your camera lens, try lightly tapping it with your finger.
The Koldunov Brothers show how it’s done in the 1-minute video above. When a filter is frozen […]. petapixel.com
You’d be forgiven for thinking that photographic filters are redundant. After all, with powerful image processing programs, you can recreate most of the effects they offer on your computer, so there’s no real need to carry the extra bits of kit around on a shoot. digitalrev.com »
2019-04-04 03:00
Slowing down your shutter speed so you transform moving subjects into an artistic blur is one of the most exciting ways you can take creative control of your camera’s exposure. Photographers use long exposures to capture truly compelling landscapes, where flowing water is rendered as a smooth and captivating streak, and clouds become poetic smudges. digitalrev.com »
2017-09-28 03:00
What do you do when your cheap lens filter is so badly stuck on your very expensive Canon 24-70mm F2. 8L II USM lens, that even a specially-designed filter wrench won't get it off? If you are former MythBuster Adam Savage, you take that puppy to your band saw and scare the crap out of the lens owner. dpreview.com »
2017-06-29 01:05
If your landscape images are lacking a certain something, you can use the power of a Neutral Density filter, to control time and introduce a sense of motion into the frame. A Neutral Density filter is a tinted piece of glass that fits in a holder in front of the lens and reduces the amount of light that can pass through the glass and reach the sensor. digitalrev.com »
2017-04-18 03:00
If your landscape images are lacking a certain something, you can use the power of a Neutral Density filter, to control time and introduce a sense of motion into the frame. A Neutral Density filter is a tinted piece of glass that fits in a holder in front of the lens and reduces the amount of light that can pass through the glass and reach the sensor. digitalrev.com »
2017-04-18 03:00
Matty Graham explains how to draw attention to a focal point in your frame by using this clever technique that makes use of your ND Grad filter and a little Photoshop trickery… Focus attention with your filter As the photographer, you are responsible for making a subject stand out in the scene. digitalrev.com »
2017-03-23 03:00
Matty Graham explains how to draw attention to a focal point in your frame by using this clever technique that makes use of your ND Grad filter and a little Photoshop trickery… Focus attention with your filter As the photographer, you are responsible for making a subject stand out in the scene. digitalrev.com »
2017-03-23 03:00
We don’t usually recommend taking a band saw to your $2,000 lens… in fact, we still don’t recommend it. But that’s what it took for nerd hero of Mythbusters fame Adam Savage to get a broken filter off of his friend’s Canon 24-70mm f/2. petapixel.com »
2016-10-31 19:43
A photographer has shared a neat trick that gives photos a soft-focus look: placing ripped pantyhose over the lens.
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