How to Use Filters in Photography

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Cameras use a lens to capture light and project it onto film or an electronic sensor. In a way, the lens is the glasses of your camera, and different glasses, or lenses, provide a variety of focal lengths so that you can obtain different views and perspectives of your subjects. Photography filters alter the way your lens views light. Single Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras have removable lenses, so that you can attach various types of lenses on your SLR camera. Most SLR lenses have a filter attachment on them, so you can attach a variety of filters on your lenses to enhance your photos. A few point and shoot cameras also have a lens with a filter attachment. Some lens filters change the vitality of colors and others reduce reflections and glares. Follow this guideline to learn how to use filters in photography.

Polarized Filters

  1. Use polarized lens filters to minimize reflections on water.
    • Polarized filters are like putting polarized sunglasses on your camera.
    • Minimizing reflections may enhance your photos by reducing glare and changing the hue of the body of water.
  2. Apply your polarized filter to take pictures of the sky.
    • Polarized filters can be turned, or rotated by hand, which changes the polarization effect on your camera lens.
    • When using a photography filter to take a picture of the sky, you can rotate the polarized filter to change the hue or block out fog or haze.
  3. Attach your polarized filter to your lens to make the colors of your subject more vibrant. For instance, when using filters in photography, you can make the leaves on trees stand out by turning the polarized filter until the leaves appear greener. Your view through the camera lens is the image that is projected onto the film or electronic sensor.
  4. Utilize your polarized filter to cut out reflections and glare. For example, when taking a photo of a metallic object, your polarized filter may change the appearance of the reflections, just as polarized sunglasses do.

Ultraviolet (UV) Filters

  1. Use UV filters to sharpen an image by reducing haziness. Ultraviolet light is invisible to the human eye, but a UV lens filter can access this light, which will eliminate some haziness.
  2. Fasten an ultraviolet lens to all your lenses. When using filters in photography, the UV lens will protect the surface of your lenses from scratches.
  3. Connect an ultraviolet filter to guard your lenses from dust. The UV lens filter provides another layer of protection between your camera and your lens.

Color Filters

  1. Employ color filters to change the contrast in black and white photography. Apply a red, yellow or orange lens filter to sharpen the contrast of clouds. A color filter may make the clouds appear more bold or sharp.
  2. Apply a red enhancing photography filter to make brighter reds, browns and oranges. This lens increases hue saturation, and may work well with sunsets and red flowers.
  3. Put a blue filter on your lens for use with indoor tungsten lighting. Tungsten lighting is produced by light bulbs, and cameras lose the array of blues. When using filters in photography, you may apply them to increase colors the camera does not record.

Other Filters

  1. Utilize a neutral density (ND) filter to decrease the light that goes to the light sensor when taking pictures with a slow shutter speed. Sometimes, a slow shutter speed allows in too much light, which may create photos that are literally whited out.
    • The shutter speed is how long the shutter, or doors, to your film or electronic sensor are opened. The longer the shutter is open, the more light the film or electronic sensor is exposed to.
    • ND filters act like sunglasses that diminish the amount of light that gets to your eyes, so that your film or electronic sensor does not become over exposed.
  2. Employ a graduated ND filter to create gradual effects, such as a darkened sky and a bright foreground, when shooting photos with a slow shutter speed. Graduated ND lens filters are expensive, and if you are on a budget, you may decide to stick with a regular ND filter.
  3. Place a macro filter on your lens for close up shots. These filters are actually like putting an additional lens on your camera. A macro filter may distort the image, causing a reduction in image quality.

Tips

  • If your camera does not have a lens with a filter attachment, you can hold a filter in front of it to achieve the affect you desire.
  • Digital photography software can reproduce some, but not all of the effects lens filters create.
  • Lenses have different diameters, so when you purchase filters, be sure to buy one that matches your lens size.
  • Lens filters may get stuck on your camera. Use a filter wrench to disconnect filters without damaging your lens, filter or camera.

Things You'll Need

  • Polarized filter
  • Ultraviolet filter
  • Color filter
  • Neutral density (ND) filter
  • Graduated ND filter
  • Macro filter
  • Filter wrench
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