Using a Filter Holder for Outdoor Photography

When you're doing outdoor photography, there are some filters that you will find useful. However, before we talk about the specific filters you're gonna be using with outdoor photography, let's talk about how you attach the filter to your lens. A lot of people use screw-on filters that just screw onto the front of the lens. And although they may be convenient, they're not really the best way to use filters. What I think you should consider instead is, what I use, which is a filter holder. The advantage of a filter holder is that you can use several filters at once. When you start stacking the screw-on filters, they tend to really bulge out from the front of the lens, and they can create all sorts of problems like vignetting. A filter holder is designed to allow you to use multiple filters, without having the problem of vignetting. And they also allow you to more creatively position your filters. With a screw-on filter, you screw it on, and basically, where it ends up is where it is. But with a filter holder system, you can slide the filters around, you can rotate the filter holder, so you can optimize the position of your filters. So a filter holder works with an adapter ring, which screws onto your lens. This particular system is the one I use, which is made by Lee Filters in England. And once you have the adapter ring screwed on, you just slide the holder onto the ring. There we go. And once it's on the ring, you can rotate the holder to optimize the position of your filters. And so, for example, we can go ahead and we can put some filters into this holder. And just for demonstration purposes, I'm gonna use a graduated neutral density filter, a polarizer filter, and a neutral density filter. Three filters that I probably wouldn't ever stack together. But I'm just gonna show you how easy it is to stack multiple filters together. So once you have the filters in the holder, you can rotate the filter left to right. And even slide the filters up and down to optimize the position of the filters, to make sure that you get the best shot.