Filters & Accessories

With so many filters and accessories to choose from, how do you select the right ones for your photography? Read our guides to get the answers you need.

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  1. How to Apply Makeup for Photography: For Women With Medium Skin

    How to Apply Makeup for Photography: For Women With Medium Skin

    Tutorial Intermediate

    In this photography makeup tutorial, we're going to learn how to apply a natural makeup look for a woman with medium skin.

  2. How to Use Polarised Reflections: A Photographer's Guide to Light

    How to Use Polarised Reflections: A Photographer's Guide to Light

    Tutorial Beginner

    Photons have an electromagnetic field that fluctuates as it moves through space. In this lesson, you’ll find out why that matters to photographers.

  3. How to Use Cinema Tools With the BMPCC: Follow-focus, Hoods, and Filters

    How to Use Cinema Tools With the BMPCC: Follow-focus, Hoods, and Filters

    Tutorial Beginner

    If you're film making with one of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Cameras, you might find some extra cinema tools and accessories, helpful. Here are some of the...

  4. How to Add a Backdrop in Your DIY Video Studio

    How to Add a Backdrop in Your DIY Video Studio

    Tutorial Beginner

    Learn how to create a good looking backdrop. Also learn about appropriate colors for backdrops and some alternatives.

  5. How to Edit Photos With VSCO

    How to Edit Photos With VSCO

    Tutorial Beginner

    As far as mobile apps go, VSCO Cam has it all: a great camera, sophisticated filters and editing options, and social features that allow you to instantly...

  6. DSLR Video in 60 Seconds

    DSLR Video in 60 Seconds

    Tutorial Beginner

    Do you wonder whether to choose a camcorder or DSLR when filming? Maybe a professional camcorder is out of your budget and you're wondering if a DSLR will do...

  7. Five Fantastic Film Cameras for Under $100

    Five Fantastic Film Cameras for Under $100

    Tutorial Beginner

    Film is alive and kicking but to find out just how lively it is, you need a film camera. These fantastic film cameras will get you shooting film without...

  8. A Beginner's Guide to Shooting Long Exposure Water

    A Beginner's Guide to Shooting Long Exposure Water

    Tutorial Beginner

    We’ve all seen those silky smooth, impressive waterscapes and lusted over the places they were taken. In this tutorial, I’ll take you through how to start...

  9. Visual Storytelling With the 5-Shot Method for Video Sequences

    Visual Storytelling With the 5-Shot Method for Video Sequences

    Tutorial Beginner

    In a film, the visual narrative is a thought process that you construct for the viewer to take them on a journey. Every film, whether it has two sequences or...

  10. How to Use Your Camera's Self-Timer Instead of a Remote Shutter Release

    How to Use Your Camera's Self-Timer Instead of a Remote Shutter Release

    Tutorial Beginner

    Buying a remote shutter release can be expensive or sometimes we just forget to have it with us. This quick is a nifty alternative using your self-timer.

  11. Choosing Progressive Versus Interlaced Video Recording

    Choosing Progressive Versus Interlaced Video Recording

    Tutorial Intermediate

    It's sometimes hard to know whether it's best to shoot in a progressive or interlaced format when it comes to filming. This tutorial will give you a brief...

  12. How to Photograph an Eclipse

    How to Photograph an Eclipse

    Tutorial Beginner

    This week there's an eclipse visible from the UK and Ireland and I plan to photograph it. Here's how you can too!