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Summer Photography Tips

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Summer can be a bit of a paradox in terms of its suitability for photography. In one aspect it's great for photography - it's nice weather for going out, there's often lots happening to photograph, and there's plenty of light.

On the other hand, the sun spends a lot of the day high up in the sky, creating harsh lighting and strong shadows. The light is very contrasty and capturing an image with detail in both the shadows and highlights can be nigh-on impossible.

In this article I want to look at how you can deal with the problems of photographing in the summer. I'll also look at some of the good points of summer photography compared to other times of the year.

Summer Photography Tips

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Photographic Filters – The Ins and Outs

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In the good old days of film photography the only way to achieve many effects on your photos was with the use of specialized glass (or plastic) filters, fitted to the front (or in some cases slotted into the rear) of camera lenses prior to taking the photo. Fortunately in the modern digital world some of these filters are still used and while many of the old effects can be reproduced in a digital darkroom, others still require the photographer to do the work prior to post processing.

Photographic Filters – The Ins and Outs

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Polarising filters

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A polarising filter can be found in many photographer's toolkit, they are usually used to remove reflections, and can be used in landscape photography for enhancing contrast and saturation, particularly deepening a blue sky.

Field of corn in autumn with a dark blue sky created by use of a polarising filter
Autumn by bark on flickr (licensed CC-BY)

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Written by Discover Digital Photography

March 16th, 2011 at 5:00 am