Digital Photography Secrets -- Secret # 15 -- Use different Lenses And Filters

A little while back I enrolled in a mini course where for 3 weeks you were sent a new secret every day about photography from David Peterson at http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com He also promotes a book which you can either purchase on line as an e-copy or a printed version at http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/bookc/?0

I thought I would also pass these tips onto fellow photographers for them to also benefit from. Hope this info helps somebody else too!



Digital Photography Secret 15 -- Use Different Lenses and Filters

by David Peterson

There are a wide variety of lenses and filters available to increase the range of options you have for shooting a photograph.

Note that not all digital cameras come with the ability to attach different lenses and filters. Check the manual for your camera.

Some lens types include :

Wide Angle
Telephoto
Fish Eye

Using a Wide Angle lens is good for shooting a indoor room, or shooting a mountain vista.

A TelePhoto lens can be useful when you need a close up. TelePhoto lenses are bascically a better optical zoom.

Filters include :

Polarizing
Soft Focus
Cooling/Warming
Graduated

A polarizing filter can be the most useful filter to own. A Polarizing filter can deepen the color and contrast in the sky, eliminate glare from water or reflective surfaces, or cut through fog like haze.

Soft Focus filters generate more diffused looks for romantic, moody, atmospheric, foggy or glowing effects in your shots.

Cooling filters add more blue to an image giving a psychological effect of calming or serenity in the final image.

Warming filters cut out excess blue in an overcast sky to add more reddish tones to the image and make your photos look less harsh.

Finally, graduated lenses help for scenes that have a huge difference in light level - eg late in the day when the sky is still bright, but the foreground is in shadow.

Next time : Never be worried about choosing the right exposure with this secret.

See examples of filters at work, plus explanations of which filters you should use and should not use - and one that should never be used. All in my "Digital Photo Secrets" book.

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