  | 22 July 2012 10:02 |
| Pixel_Sensation Photographer  Location United Kingdom Nottinghamshire Nottingham/Grantham | Hi Ive started venturing out of the studio a bit and wondered if anyone could help with advice on filters for my lenses. A: Id like to do more landscape photography. B: also model photography outdoors. I really dont know much about filters as im normally couped up in a studio. Any recomendations? will one filter work best for landscapes and models or different ones recommended. Any help much appreciated Neil |
| 22 July 2012 11:32 |
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| Gerry99111 Photographer  Location United Kingdom Surrey Guildford | There are only 3 types of filter you need to consider for landscape - and it depends on what you want to shoot. 1) Circular Polorisor - brings out the blue in the sky and other colours and in almost impossible to copy in photoshop 2) Neutral Grad filters - used to control dynamic range - usually to balance the sky with the ground but can be the other way round - come in hard or soft varieties 3) Neutral Density filters - used to slow the exposure - eg to blur water There are loads of colour filters and grads - used for the days of film - you do not need any of those for digital You then need a filter system to hold all this lot and slide the grads in and out. For model photography - biggest issue will be sticking a model in front of a bright sky - you need to be clever with the positioning. This is the expensive but correct way to consider filters. http://leefilters.com/index.php/camera/index Ignore the colour filters - you dont need them - I use the hard grad nd's and a heliopan polorisor that screws on the front of the filter system making it easy to adjust. Dont consider the lee polorisor - it viginettes. You will need to consider which lenses you wish to use and get the screw on filter ring to suit [id recommend the wide angle ones as they are thinner] Happy hunting and by the way - they are not cheap Cokin do filters but they are not neutral and have a habit of putting a colour cast [mud colour] |
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| 22 July 2012 11:53 |
| Keltica Photographer  Location United Kingdom Middlesex Twickenham | +1 for Gerry99111 Circular Pol, ND and NG are esssential If you are shooting on film, then Yellow, Red, and Green should be part of your kit also, if your using B&W film stock. Lee Filters are very good, and the price reflects their quality. |
| 22 July 2012 14:19 |
| Pixel_Sensation Photographer Location United Kingdom Nottinghamshire Nottingham/Grantham | Thanks guys, gerry, great information much appreciated |
| 23 July 2012 04:09 |
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| riddell Photographer  Location United Kingdom Hertfordshire berkhamsted | I'll agree with that, except whilst Polarisers and ND Grads really are the key filters, I've never needed a plain ND filter. They make a lot of sense if you are in a really bright enviroment, i.e. the desert, but the in UK, its just not neccesary. You can successfully set what you need to achieve the same without them. Paul. www.photographybyriddell.co.uk |
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