Photography Explained Podcast
Photography Explained Podcast
Rick McEvoy
Neutral Density Filters - What Are They? Do I Need One?
23 minutes Posted May 23, 2025 at 2:00 pm.
Neutral Density Filters - What Are They? Do I Need One?
Hi, and a very warm welcome to Episode 207 of the Photography Explained podcast
Firstly, what are they? What are neutral density filters?
What are ND filters made of?
How much light is blocked by an ND Filter?
Filters and stops - the important bit.
A practical explanation of using an ND Filter.
Variable ND Filters
How do I attach an ND filter to my camera lens?
Step down rings – my top tip for you.
Are ND filters expensive?
Graduated ND Filters
What can I do with an ND filter?
Long exposure photography in broad daylight
Shallow depth of field
Here’s something for you to do
What if I use a phone to take photos?
What do I do?
Some thoughts from the last episode
Next episode
A quick plug for me and what I do.
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Ask me a question.
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Send us Fan Mail Neutral density filters attach to camera lenses and reduce the amount of light getting through to your camera sensor without affecting the colours (hopefully). Neutral density filters allow you to take long exposures in daylight, allowing you to flatten water and make clouds super cool, streaky, blurry, amongst other things. Neutral density filters allow you to use wide apertures in bright conditions and can also prevent you from getting overexposed photos in bright condition...