PhotoNetCast #88 – The Ultimate Filter Show

This photography podcast episode is dedicated to filters. We go into an extended discussion on the different types of filters and their uses in photography.

Everything in the interwebs these days seems to be “Mega this…”, “Hyper that…”. This episode is about filters, so…

The Ultimate Filter Show

 

I had the pleasure of having both Scott Wyden and Richard Wong as guests on this episode to help me in the filter discussion.

Before filters, we had a look at some recent news:

Eyes Wide Open: 100 years of Leica (Oct 24 – Jan 11; Deichtor Hallen)

natural History museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014

Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Decisive Moment to be reprinted

2013 Conviction at Zion National Park Serves as Reminder

And then to Filters… Here’s a short list of the filters we discussed.

What is a filter?
Materials
Glass
Resin
Attachment types
Threaded
Holders
Filter types
    UV/Skylight
    Polarizer
        Linear
Circular
Color balance
Neutral Density
Graduated neutral Density
        Hard Edge
Soft Edge
Reverse GND
Color Graduated Density Filters
B&W filters
    Hot Mirror filters
Infrared filters
    Diffusion / Softening filters
    Effects
Stars
Bokeh

 

Can’t really get much more comprehensive than this.

Enjoy the show…

 

 

We still had time for our listener questions and, as usual, our Selected from the Web