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Tech Corner: Neutral Density Filters

Neutral Density Filters There are times when there’s just too much light! Sometimes it’s too much for our eyes, and we need sunglasses. Sometimes, it’s too much for our photography or cinematography. For these times, we can employ neutral density filtration, which is like sunglasses for cameras. Filtration normally suggests

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Calculating Exposure with Slower Shutter

I love long exposure photography because it has the power to make even the most mundane scenes a bit more interesting visually. When shooting daytime scenes I often turn to my Lee Big Stopper 10-stop ND filter. The Big Stopper is so dark you can’t actually see through it, which

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Getting started with long exposure photography and ND filters

Ever since moving to the Pacific Northwest, I definitely have had my fair share of photographing waterfalls. In fact, I became infatuated with landscape photography after realizing that I could, in fact, photograph a “moving” landscape and make it amazingly beautiful! The main thing that pulled me in was blurring

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Gear Review: Neewer Variable Neutral Density Filter

Photography is an art which prolongs an instant for eternity. For years I’ve been jealous of long exposure images made in the daytime. They usually show water or clouds that have become totally smoothed as they move through the long exposure and the contrast against static foreground elements has always

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The 10 Stop & How it Changed My Long Exposure Photography

My name is Mark Gvazdinskas (AKA Silent G) and one small piece of dark glass has changed my photography and how I see the world. Forever. Im a landscape, architectural and concert photographer based in San Luis Obispo, California. When Im not shooting product or working with other photographers at

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