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…

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

Antonio: 100 years of Leica
Scott: “Moving to Mirrorless” eBook coming soon now available from Brian Matiash
Richard: The Artist as Activist – Michael E. Gordon.