It’s long exposure month in Plus and long exposure goes hand in hand with neutral density filters. I always carry neutral density filters with me to control shutter speed. Good ones are perfectly neutral and don’t affect the color of your scene. They’re like dark glasses for your camera and just like dark glasses, some are better than others.
This video I shot in Kauai of my 4-step ND-process is intended to answer some frequent questions I hear from students using neutral density filters:
- How do I focus and compose with such a dark filter on my camera?
- Why does my exposure always come out wrong with strong neutral density?
- How do I know which filter to use in a given situation?
I know that some of you who have watched my Approaching The Scene course will recognize this video from the Long Exposure lesson. For those of you who haven’t Approaching the Scene covers photographing and editing a number of different types of scene from start to finish and that Long Exposure lesson would be a good one to check out this month as it dovetails nicely with everything we are talking about.
