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The Traveling Photographer: Photographing Route 66

Susan Kanfer

I just returned from my dream trip — driving and photographing Route 66 from Chicago to Santa Monica. The trip was not a photography trip, per se. I traveled with two non-photographers. Except for the Grand Canyon, we did not organize our day for sunrises and sunsets. We also did

Use a polarizer for purer portraits and less retouching

Levi Sim

We’ve frequently talked about using polarizing filters to make more striking landscape photographs, but they are at least as important for making more vibrant portraits, and cutting your retouching time in half. Let me show you how it works, as well as some general tips. What does a polarizer do?

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The Traveling Photographer: Photographing Route 66

Use a polarizer for purer portraits and less retouching

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