Essential Photography Filters

How to create stunning images using photography filters… when to use them, why we carry them, and when it’s best to put them away.

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19 teaching videos for photographers who want to learn about using photography filters
More than 110 minutes of video content – in-depth explanations, examples, workflow, and case studies.
Workshop-style lessons taught by professional in the field.
Case Studies: Circular polarizer filter, neutral density filters, graduated neutral density filter, stacking filters, when not to use a filter, and more!

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What You’ll Learn

Gain a clear understanding of the effect each filter produces with a view of our cameras and comparisons of finished photographs.

Discover how to cut through glare and capture natural, vibrant colors using a Circular Polarizer filter.

Learn how we use Graduated Neutral Density photography filters to handle a broad dynamic range – and how to get it right in-camera.

We’ll show you how to choose the right ND filter and camera settings to capture stunning landscape photos, without losing detail.

We’ll offer insight from real-world situations to help you anticipate and avoid the problems with photography filters.

We’ll share some situations where we choose to leave our photography filters in the bag. You’ll see when and why we make that choice and how it influences the look of our photos.

Learn to build your own photography filter kit to create breath-taking landscape photos.

What Customers are Saying

You have solved a huge mystery for me

Varina – this is EXACTLY what I have been studying these days and you have solved a huge mystery for me with this explanation of hyperfocal distance. I’m going to put your chart in my iPhone so I have it with me when I’m out in the field.

Catherine Martin

Palm Desert, California

I can confidently say excellent job!

This (Visual Wilderness video courses) is exactly what I didn’t realize I’ve been looking for over the past few years: the videos, case studies, raw files, and explanations are what set this so far apart from anything else I’ve found. I have just started the course, but I can confidently say excellent job!

Mark Petry

Downingtown, Pennsylvania

Every single case study was excellent

Great course! I am loving the narrower scope but more in-depth approach and both the “in the field” workflow and “the photo I didn’t take” explanations. Every single case study was excellent. (Behind the Lens Course)

Regina Velasquez

What a refreshing approach in an ever changing industry!

I have been an outdoor photographer for 25 years and really enjoy tuning in to Varina and Jay’s tutorials, they are leading the way with their technical knowledge and philosophy on composition, what a refreshing approach in an ever changing industry!

Guy Vickers

New Plymouth, New Zealand

Thank you Varina for explaining hyper focal distance

I am thrilled that this weekend I got to put to use what I have learned so far. Thank you Varina for explaining hyper focal distance, it even worked with my little Olympus OMD M5 with the kit 12-50mm lens. Thank you both for explaining how to use layers.

Robert Forrister

Makanda, Illinois

The material is presented in easy-to-digest

I have been using filters for many years and still learned a number of helpful tidbits of information I didn’t already know or hadn’t thought about from the Essential Filters Course. The material is presented in easy-to-digest segments of video that you can sit down and watch all of back-to-back, or if you only have a few minutes you can watch them one at a time. The way the segments are divided makes it easy to go back and find specifics you want to review.

Jennifer Wolf

Cardiff, California

In Sharp Focus Webinar was informative

In Sharp Focus Webinar was informative and gave me a better understanding and appreciation of some sharpening techniques available in software I use, but that I haven’t utilized before.

Paul

Norman, Oklahoma

I thoroughly enjoyed the video courses

I thoroughly enjoyed the video courses by Varina and Jay Patel. Their clear presentation style and real life examples of their teaching enabled me to rapidly understand and put into practice what they were teaching. Their style is quite personal as if you were on site with them. Excellent photography in the examples supports the learning experience. Histograms were always a bit of a mystery. Seeing how to use them to improve my “in-camera” results will enable me to get the results I see in the field.

Michael Franklin

Ottawa, Canada

I have learned so much from the videos

Visual Wilderness Streaming Service is the one service that I subscribe to that I truly would be heartbroken to lose!!! I have learned so much from the videos and love that I can go back and re-watch them to refresh myself whenever I want. I knew the videos were outstanding, but I’m in awe at how amazing your customer service is.

Stephanie Young

Kentucky, United States

Jay and Varina’s style of teaching is so amazing

Your and Varina’s style of teaching is so amazing. You bring the workshop to my home in lucid and easy to understand style. I have subscribed to many including PPSOP, Lynda…But your team is the best! I have recommended The Complete Ultimate Collection to all my friends.

Sunil Udupa

Mumbai, India

Is Essential Photography Filters Tutorial for me?

This tutorial is for you if:

You have a basic knowledge of camera settings including exposure and focus.
You want to know which photography filters we carry, when we use them, and how we decide when it's best not to use any filters.
You want to learn how to use neutral density photography filters to capture creative nature photos.
You want to learn how to manage dynamic range using a graduated neutral density filter correctly in-camera.
You want to learn to build your own photography filter kit.

This tutorial might not be the right fit if:

You are a beginner landscape photographer. If you don't know how to use your camera in manual mode, you may want to find out more before you start this course.
You want to learn the basics. You'll get the most from this course if you have some knowledge of exposure, histograms, and high-speed bracketing.
You want in-depth explanations of how to and where to focus. In this course, we assume you have some knowledge of how to effectively use your camera's focus settings.
You want to learn about post-processing. This course is focused on fieldwork.

About Essential Photography Filters Tutorial

Essential Photography Filters tutorial is packed full of easy-to-follow explanations, rich examples, and in-depth case studies. You will learn best practices and camera settings for using Circular Polarizer filters, Graduated Neutral Density filters, and Neutral Density filters to create images that match your vision.

Here are some key concept covered in this landscape photography tutorial: