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 Turn a Busy City into an Abandoned City

    How to Turn a Busy City into an Abandoned City

    Tutorial Intermediate

    Something about abandoned cities speaks to us on a deep level, whether due to a sense of personal loneliness in large cities or the ostensible fragility of...

  2. Understanding & Using Ansel Adam's Zone System

    Understanding & Using Ansel Adam's Zone System

    Tutorial Intermediate

    The Zone System is a technique that was formulated by Ansel Adams and Fred Archer back in the 1930's. It is an approach to a standardized way of working...

  3. The Comprehensive Guide to Vintage Film and Cameras

    The Comprehensive Guide to Vintage Film and Cameras

    Tutorial Beginner

    So you've dug through your parents' basement, pulled out their vinyl album of Michael Jackson's Thriller and bought yourself an old record player. And for...

  4. How To Create a DIY Low-Cost Neutral Density Filter

    How To Create a DIY Low-Cost Neutral Density Filter

    Tutorial Beginner

    Neutral density filters are one of my favorite creative tools. With the ability to cut down light and stretch your exposure times for a creative effect,...

  5. Using Light to Shape Landscape Photography

    Using Light to Shape Landscape Photography

    Tutorial Beginner

    My favourite landscape images don’t grab my attention purely because of the place they capture, but because of the way in which they are represented in the...

  6. Quick Tip: Kill Reflections and Enhance Colors with a Polarizer

    Quick Tip: Kill Reflections and Enhance Colors with a Polarizer

    Tutorial Beginner

    We mostly think of using polarizing filters to get saturated skies, but in fact they also work in the deep forest, to add pop to your pictures by eliminating...

  7. Quick Tips: The Best Sunset Pictures Made From Home

    Quick Tips: The Best Sunset Pictures Made From Home

    Tutorial Beginner

    If you want to take fantastic sunset pictures you do not necessarily have to go outside. Many of my best clouds, sky and sunsets are taken from my home, in a...

  8. An In-Depth Guide to Lighting People

    An In-Depth Guide to Lighting People

    Tutorial Beginner

    Light is the foundation of photography, so when taking portraits, it's essential that you not only understand how the light is working, but also how to...

  9. Introduction to the Tools of Long Exposure Photography

    Introduction to the Tools of Long Exposure Photography

    Tutorial Beginner

    Long exposure photography has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity since digital cameras took the risk and some of the mathematics out of it. It's an endlessly...

  10. 10 Ways to Shoot Stunning Portraits With Only One Light

    10 Ways to Shoot Stunning Portraits With Only One Light

    Tutorial Intermediate

    We're here today to talk about shooting high quality, lit portraits with only one strobe or flash. Maybe your budget doesn't allow you to purchase multiple...

  11. How to Choose the Right Photographic Film

    How to Choose the Right Photographic Film

    Tutorial Beginner

    Today we will look at different films types made for different purposes and effects from black and white negatives, to color negatives, to slides and...

  12. An Introduction to Holga Photography

    An Introduction to Holga Photography

    Tutorial Beginner

    The Holga is a camera, first manufactured in China in 1981, made almost entirely of plastic, some even have plastic lenses. It was an invention intended for...