Excellent video Mark. I'm using it as a teaching aid for my use of the SW150 system and filters. On a separate note what camera bag were you using? Thanks, David
Great video, I use Lee filters, on a very small scale, just wondering what your thoughts are on the magnetic filter systems that are gaining in popularity
The polarizer i have and it is a wonderful tool as well as the big stopper and grads. But what i dont get is all the different color filters. Why dont just edit it in PS or LL etc? Much more possibilities to correct the sky and make drama and color.
Agree about stray light. But I can't see how this system prevents it as there are huge gaps for filters etc. between the hood and the front element. So unless all filters slots are occupied, the hood does nothing?
Gone are the days when Lee Filters had ambassadors taking workshops to Snowdonia as well as Scotland and the Jurassic Coast. A great company that needs the spark back again.
Can someone tell me exactly which filter I can buy to get these effects? The links under video are not helping. I have a 100mm (4") square filter holder.
how wide can you shot. I have the nikon z 14-30. I have the old filter holder . thinking of getting the new filter holder and the 105 polarizer. needs to be screwed in with a adapter ring. But i think the newer polarizer could be better.
I dont get this Part! Can someone help me to understand it, please? What it mean : A common mistake made when using Diffusion is to forget that for a light to be soft it has to come from all different directions. Once you ve put a strong Diffusion. On a light, doesnt matter how much more you add, the light doesnt get an softer.
I understand the confusion, the video is pretty good at showing the different types of diffusion but I don't think they explained how softness works very well with that statement. The best way I can describe it is that light source gets softer when the source is larger relative to the subject. So for example if you have a small light with some strong diffusion on it, you make it softer is by making it bigger relative to the subject. So either move it closer to the subject, or make the source larger by adding a bigger piece of diffusion between the light a the subject like a large soft box. When the source is larger light comes from 'more directions' so it wraps around the subject making it appear softer. If you just add more diffusion on top of the small source you're not making the source larger, you're just weakening the source. It works the same with in reverse large sources, if you have a 2 meter wide soft box positioned 3 meters away from a subject it will look soft but if you move the light to say 10 meters away you're making the light source smaller relative to the subject, which will not only reduce the level of the light hitting the subject but it'll also make the quality of light harder. There's a lot more to it but that's kinda the basics. I hope that helps.
I really don't understand how so many people praised this demonstration. I didn't find any really useful information here. This is just a commercial for the Lee 100 filter system..Joe Cornish, is a great photographer, no doubt about it, I have several of his books. Saw many of his interviews on youtube, etc..My problem with Joe is that he doesn't communicate all the information..he hydes the most important elements..I never learned the technical part of landscape photography with Joe. I used his books just as coffee table books.I have them just for the nice pictures. Thank God, thete are few photographers that really share their knowledge, to cite a few, John Shaw, Galen Rowell, Joe Mcdonald, Ian Cameron, Peter Watson, Tim Fitzgerald, John Fiedler..not talking about Ansel Adams..sure I missed some others.. Charlie Waite is just like Joe Cornish.(just $$$$)..
If you have perhaps a need for filters with a 90% and 160% of graduation how about taking two photographs that can be combined as a motionless compound image. Use masks to blend the correct tones across the whole image. You should be able to maintain top quality tones throughout.
Great tutorial! I have been thinking about getting a big stopper for a while now and after watching your video I am impressed and I think it's a must have addition to my camera bag and I can't wait to get out onto the sea front in Blackpool where I live to practice using your techniques. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your work it is much appreciated.
I use ND grads with my Pentax 67, I love how you have to slow everything down and take a considered approach to your photography rather than have the camera do everything for you, as for HDR, not a big fan.
Thank god. Trying to find information about these filters is never very specific, the Lee site sends you to local vendors who then don't really profide much info either. This is the overview we all need. Lee should do better with their website, considereing how expensive these kits are and how much we all spend on them.
Jake is my favorite photographer on the male photographer side. And Lindsey Adler is my favorite photographer on the woman photographers side. Tho legendary photographers. Jake is clearly the one who started to do photos with color gels and popularise it. Absolutely love his works and him as a person and as a man.
