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

Barry Dench

I would like to complement Jay, Varina and your Visual Wilderness associates for making such well thought out photo training & guidance videos. They are topical, have a clear structure to help in the learning process and good quality.

Barry Dench

New Zealand

Very useful and helpful

I’d like to take the opportunity to congratulate with you for your Video Courses, I find them very useful and helpful in order to improve in my favourite hobby.

Tiziano Trono

Cremona, Italy

Jay and Varina are excellent tutors

Jay and Varina are excellent tutors, if you are starting out on your photography journey and want a few lessons to help learning the craft you will find more than you need here.

Kevin Payne

Ringwood, United Kingdom

Stephanie

Varina and Jay will go the extra mile in making sure you understand the concepts.

Stephanie

great content from a very knowledgeable instructor

In Sharp Focus Webinar contained great content from a very knowledgeable instructor.

Paul Peters

Cobble Hill, British Columbia, Canada

Matthew Shipp

Histograms Exposed is a great series to unlocking the power of the histogram and the case studies really make things clear with great on location examples.

Matthew Shipp

St. Loius, USA

Isabel “Bel” Martins

Their easy approach, pace, and personalities make the learning process much easier and enjoyable.

Isabel “Bel” Martins

Cleveland, Ohio

Lorian Keramaris

I have to say, you both are great teachers. I’ve learned so much from The Ultimate Landscape Photography & Focus courses I’ve purchased.

Lorian Keramaris

Toronto, Canada

Ken Kurzweil

I advanced by leaps and bounds in both my photography skills and Photoshop skills. Varina and Jay are great teachers!

Ken Kurzweil

Paul Peters

Like all other educational material that you’ve produced, the Essential Filter Course is simply wonderful! You both have the gift for imparting knowledge in a simple and straightforward manner.

Paul Peters

British Columbia, Canada

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: