A unique neutral density graduated filter that features a soft transition into a darker central area (4 stops). Above the darker central area, the filter transitions to a lighter top. The design makes sunrise and sunset shots over water look more natural while maintaining a bright foreground. It also works for backlit mountainous terrain.
Prayer, Meditation, and Singh-Ray – Joe Dimaggio
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Waning Light at Black Sand Beach, Vik, Iceland. Sony a7RIV, Sony 24-105mm, f/14, 30 seconds, ISO 100, Singh-Ray 5-stop Mor-Slo ND French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson by all accounts was the earliest pioneer of street photography and a master at capturing unique candid moments – later to be termed a “decisive moment.” He was also a co-founder of Magnum Photos. In 1952, Cartier-Bresson published a book of images that was titled in English, “The Decisive Moment.” It included a portfolio of …
Yosemite Moonbows
Moonbow and starry sky over Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California Yosemite National Park is a mecca for adventure and nature photography with its steep granite walls, lush meadows, alpine spires, and booming waterfalls. I’ve spent four decades exploring its unique features and it always feels like home whenever I return. But as with any well-loved location, it’s easy to find yourself in a creative quandary when it comes to seeking out new perspectives. With iconic landmarks around every turn, …
Photographing the Scottish Highlands with The Mor-Slo 10 Stop ND Filter
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“A landscape photograph requires personal involvement. That means being more than a photographer – it means being a storyteller as well as a visual artist. It means using the medium of photography as a visual language. It means being a poet with that language. Singh Ray helps me refine the eloquence of my words.”
The Reverse Graduated ND Filter
Back in the days of film getting the right exposure in the field was a critical step, especially scenes where the dynamic range was greater than the contrast range of film. Scenes such as sunrise and sunset posed a challenge until Singh Ray and the late Galen Rowell pioneered Graduated Neutral Density Filters. These filters allowed photographers to control the dynamic range in a scene by selecting an appropriate filter density for the situation at hand. A Graduated Neutral Density Filter is darkest at the top of the filter, gradually fades toward the middle, with the bottom half …
Go With The Flow
(Singh-Ray LB Color Combo) Wildflower abstract, Tehachapi Mountains, Angeles National Forest, California Previsualization is an often used term in landscape photography – the process of researching a location, determining the perspective through lens selection, framing, and forming a solid image in your mind’s eye before ever arriving at a scene or tripping the shutter. Ansel Adams referred to it often as “the ability to anticipate a finished image before making the exposure”, and it was a favorite expression of other …
Defining your Infrared Photographic Vision
First of all, finding my own photographic style was one of the most challenging things I have done in my photography career. Secondly, it has changed and morphed as I have aged and become more deliberate in how I capture my images. I have also heard people using photographic style, photographic vision and photographic message synonymously in conversations. In my opinion, they are different, but yet dependent upon one another. My photographic vision depends upon the message I want to …