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77 – Neutral density filters – Graduated neutral density filters – Interview with D. Wiggett

Photography podcast #77 features an interview with Darwin Wiggett where we talk about neutral density filters and graduated neutral density filters. Darwin explains why we use these filters and how to use these filters effectively. We discuss hard edge versus soft edge, physical versus software filters, we even talk about reverse graduated neutral density filters. For newbie photographers that have just hatched, Darwin goes over polarizing filters as well.

Left - Screw on neutral density filter. Right - The Cokin system

Left - Lake with no filter. Right - Lake with polarizer and-2-stop hard edge grad. Notice how much 'poppier' this shot is. The grad reduces the sky's intensity. The polarizer adds contrast to the clouds in the sky and intensifies its colour. It also removes the water's reflections thus saturating its colours. © Darwin Wiggett

Left - Tire with Polarizer and-2-stop-hard-grad. Right - Tire with a Polarizing filter plus a 2-stop-hard-edge grad and-a 5-stop solid-ND filter. Note the movement of the foreground brush and the softness in the clouds. This was achieved by using the solid ND filter to get a slow shutter speed. © Darwin Wiggett.

The effect of a polarizer on its own. Left - No polarizing filter. Right - The polarizing filter lets you see through the water by eliminating the water's reflectivity. With the reflections removed, the colour is much more saturated. © Darwin Wiggett

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:

Seven Rules for Effectively Using a Polarizer
Filters, holders and vignetting: building a filter system that works with your lenses
The Terrific Triple Threat
Fields of Gold (or was that blue?) Three Camera Filters all Digital Photographers Should be Using
Filters for Outdoor Photography
January’s macro or close-up assignment on the Photography.ca forum
Cokin filters at B&H (Disclosure – Aff links – help support our site)
Singh-Ray filters at B&H
Lee filters at B&H

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Tags: GND, graduated neutral density filters, ND, neutral density filters, photography, polarizing filters

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What’s Up With Darwin Wiggett?

Good friend to Photography.ca, Darwin Wiggett is offering a very reasonably priced 2 day seminar in Canmore, Alberta on April 24-25 2010.  I’m a HUGE Darwin fan and I highly recommend his work. Although I haven’t yet taken a seminar with Darwin, I expect to within the next year.

Darwin has also just announced a new photo contest (The Canadian Landscape Photo Contest) on his blog where the winning image gets published in Outdoor Photography Canada.

NMP9850 - Cochrane, Alberta - Frosted tree, fence and field near Cochrane, Alberta - © Darwin Wiggett - All rights reserved.

Finally, Darwin will also be featured in our next photography podcast where he will share his insight on neutral density filters and graduated neutral density filters. This podcast should be recorded, edited and published next week so stay tuned for more Darwin.

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76 – Point and shoot cameras – Review of Canon G11

Photography podcast #76 talks about point and shoot cameras and reviews the Canon G11. We talk about the advantages and limitations of point and shoot cameras. We also talk about the most important reason for photographers to get a point and shoot camera and that reason is NOT quality.  Finally I give a quick review of the Canon G11. I recommend this camera but I’m also brutal about its faults.

Image from Canon G11 - ISO 100, F-7.1, 1/100

Canon G11 manually focused at ISO 100 - Click to see the nice noise

Canon G11 manually focused at ISO 800 - Click to see lots of noise

Links /resources mentioned in this podcast:
Canon G11 at B&H (Disclosure – Aff links – helps support our site)
January’s macro or close-up assignment on the Photography.ca forum

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Thanks to Glenn Euloth (Iguanasan), Fortytwo, Crystalb, jacklabel, Bambi, JuiCe and Yisehaq who posted a blog comment about our last podcast. Thanks as always to everyone that sent comments by email about our last podcast. Although ALL comments are appreciated, commenting directly in this blog is preferred. Thanks as well to all the new members of the bulletin board.

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Tags: Canon G11, point and shoot, point and shoot cameras

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Happy New Year!

Happy new year to all the photographers that read our blog and listen to the podcasts! More photography information is on its way! Feel free to connect with me through this blog or our facebook fan page or twitter!

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All the best in 2010!

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