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Using polarizers when shooting landscapes

Using polarizers when shooting landscapes

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Using polarizers when shooting landscapes

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Now I've already showed you how a circular polarizer can be used to manage the love hate relationship filmmakers have with reflections. Well this time out, I want to show you how polarizer filters can also be used in landscape settings. Specifically to control the appearance of water sky and trees in the background. So let's start off with water. Water is a beautiful subject matter and always good for creating some interesting and dynamic images on video. Whether it's capturing the night light reflections of boats in the marina or just shooting a surfer catching a wave. You can't usually go too wrong with water. But just like that other film making force of nature, the sun, you'll need the proper tools to help you control how water looks on screen. And that of course is a polarizer filter. For those shots where you want to see the reflection of the sky, and the scenery and the subjects near the water, you don't need a polarizer. If water reflections and glare is what you want, you'll…

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