The neutral density filter is indispensable for landscape photographers. SOPHISTICATED SLR CAMERAS with their array of lenses can do many things, but there are still situations where a photo can only ...

On a bright day, many photographers know it is nearly impossible to capture a landscape with a balanced exposure that retains enough information to render the scene as it appears to the naked eye.

Neutral density filters make daytime long-exposure shots possible — but they also require some significant color tweaks in post processing to get the colors true to the original scene. Lee Filters, ...

Photography filters have a history almost as long as the camera itself — but they still haven’t changed all that much. A startup company just might change that, however, with an unusual new filter ...

Photography filters offer many benefits for your camera, from protecting your lens and reducing reflections to adding unique effects that improve your shots. This cheat sheet explains 11 of the most ...

These screw-in grads enable you to balance overly bright skies with the darker landscape below, but without all the ...

Cokin is a French manufacturer, founded by photographer Jean Coquin in 1978, and is famous for inventing the square filter system for cameras. With such a long-standing pedigree in the filter space ...

Reader Question: Are lens filters still necessary for digital photography? Are there filters that National Geographic photographers use to make their pictures look better? My Answer: Most National ...