Photo Walks Today

 One of the easiest things to do to get a deep blue sky with those beautiful white clouds is to use a polarizer filter.  A polarizer fits onto the end of your lens and has an adjustable ring that allows you to change the effect of the sky and clouds. Aim your lens at the spot you want to take and move the ring until you see what you like.

To get the most polarizing effect position your camera so the sun almost directly behind it. The most effect happens at about a 90 degree angle. However, even if the sun is not in the perfect position your pictures will still benefit from the polarizing effect. Whenever I shoot outdoors on a sunny day the filter is on to maximize those intense colors.

The new digital cameras require a different kind of polarizer than the traditional film cameras. This is one item that is not transferable to digital. If you have an older polarizer from your film camera it is a linear type and what is needed for digital is the circular type polarizer. Be sure to get the correct type for the medium you are using.

Polarizer filters are designed to fit onto lens of digital SLR cameras. If you have a point and shoot camera you, unfortunately will not find a filter to fit. If that’s the case you have a couple of tricks that may work to create the same effect. 1) Try shooting through your sunglasses. If they are clean you may get the effect. 2) Use Photoshop Elements to bring out the blue sky/white clouds later.

What you need:

• Polarizer- buy the best available. Less expensive filters are not made of glass and will leave your final image less than tack sharp.

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