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What Lens Filter Do You Need for Landscape Photography?

Chris Gampat
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10/26/2015
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Last Updated on 10/26/2015 by Chris Gampat

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The decision on what filter to use when shooting landscapes can always be a tough one. There are so many and each one has their own use. To name just a few:

  • Polarizer: which cuts down glare
  • Circular polarizer: which lets you dial in how much glare is cut down
  • Neutral Density: darkens the exposure
  • Circular Neutral Density: lets you dial in how much of the exposure is cut down
  • Graduated ND: A Neutral Density filter that has one side very dark and the other side very light . One goes to the other very gradually and it’s typically used to cut down the effects of a harsh sky.
  • UV filter: cuts down UV glare and protects the front element

These are just a few to name, but the video below not only names a load of filters but also shows you their effects when it comes to landscape photography and seascape photography. Each of them lets you create your own creative effect and though the speaker uses aperture priority, you can get much different results when using manual mode because then you have a total 100% control over the image.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.