Wedding Photography and the Use of Filters

You are a wedding photographer or looking atphoto.
becoming one in the near future. You have graspedNew technology such as Photoshop and Lightroom
the technical side of photography and how importanthas made it very accessible for the photographer to
lighting is when shooting a wedding. Anothermanipulate images from the office room. The wide
component of photography is the addition of filtersarray of filter functions available has made it possible
on the body of the camera and the inclusion of themto increase creativity and make wedding
when post editing.photography a brilliant art.
Filters have been around for some time now beforePhotography is an art and has been around for
the introduction of software such as Photoshop andgenerations. The inclusion of filters on the camera
Lightroom. Filters are designed to blur, sharpenand also software applications can create a
images and can also be used as a blockout for UVphotograph that is perfect to the human eye.
rays from the sun.There are many filters that have been developed for
The addition of filters is used for creating soft blurs,specific purposes such as colour dampening,
changing colour contrasts, making the photo imagesenhancing richer colours, correction filters, blurring etc.
look rustic or even the grunge look. ManipulatingThe key to photography is understanding what filter
images to make them look more suttle to the humanyou require for the particular shoot you are on.
eye is very appealing.A good starting point is to have a UV filter on you at
When shooting wedding photography on location inall times when shooting wedding photography.
the direction of Sun you require filters such as UVWhether you are a professional or an amateur make
protector to block and guard against the harmfulsure you know that lighting is crucial and the addition
suns rays. The inclusion of a polarizer is necessaryof filters are used of creation, balancing and
when shooting in direct sunlight. This will allow for aprotection from the suns rays.
balanced image as opposed to an overexposed