As photographers, we have probably all taken photos during the golden hour, that time of beautiful light just after sunrise and just before sunset. There’s a pretty good chance we have taken some great shots during the blue hour. But what about night, who takes shots in the true dead of night? Well, I do […]
Tag: Cokin
Cokin is a French company that manufactures optical filters for photography. They are famous for their creative filter system that require a holder to attach to the lens and are designed to be used with any lens unlike the screw-thread filters.
Cokin offers a wide range of filters including ones for colour correction. Their most popular filters are the ND and ND graduated filters, diffraction and diffusion filters, polarizers, etc.
Cokin also offers different versions for each filter system, labelled A for amateur, P for professional and X-Pro for larger cameras/lenses. The amateur filters are about 67mm wide whereas the X-pro are 130mm wide.
Have you ever taken a shot where part of the image was exposed correctly and another part was under/overexposed? Here are a few things you can do about it.
I suspect we are all guilty of it at some stage during our photographic journeys. We spend thousands on the latest and greatest in photographic tech and gear and then we apply the cheesiest filter, either on the lens or in post-production. Let’s be honest though, while maybe not the height of photographic excellence, playing around with cheesy filters can be fun. Let’s take a look at a few standouts old and new
A simple ND Filter can vary in size, type, price – like most equipment in photography, so to simplify things we’ve got a great article to help you out. Learn which filter is most suitable for YOUR needs and style of photography.
My recent move to a mirrorless system using Fuji X series cameras has been a smooth and enjoyable transition. One of the items of kit I had decided to get for the new system was a square filter system. The king of the squares is, of course Lee and they have recently introduced their new […]
Taking photographs on holiday or whilst traveling for any other reason is one of the things many of us look forward to. The problem is travel, and in particular air travel, has become hard work. When you get to your destination, it may be hot and full of tourists, not the sort of place for carrying a heavy load of kit. Today we are going to look at some options for traveling light.
