Comments on: A Great Example Of What A Polarizing Filter Does

By: MARK P

MARK P — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:06:00 +0000

She is now number one in my list of Olivia

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 19:24:00 +0000

Good vid and thanks Olivia!
Before this, I didn’t understand anything about filters!

By: Patrick Hall

Patrick Hall — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:47:00 +0000

Should look fine. When would you need to do that though? Maybe outside with dramatic skies? Just remember your flash will have to be 1-2 stops more powerful

By: Nathan Cashion

Nathan Cashion — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:13:00 +0000

Correct, it doesn’t block light “coming from one direction.” (i.e. from above, from the right, etc.) If this were the case, all of the light coming from the water would have been blocked out and you wouldn’t see anything.
More accurately, a polarizer blocks certain angles of light. The waves that reflect off of the surface of the water are at a different angle than the waves that come from under the water. This is why fishermen use polarized sunglasses – it allows them to see the fish under the water by reducing the glare.

By: Carlos Yepez

Carlos Yepez — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:34:00 +0000

A great video to post. Nice, simple explanation. I have a CP in my bag everywhere I go. Not only great for scenery shots, but great for automotive shots to kill the reflections on windows or body of the car.

By: gp

gp — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:03:00 +0000

She needs to do more videos, daily, on any kind of random stuff as long as she’s in them. :)
Good explanation on how the polarizing filter works though and being easy on the eyes helps too.

By: Thomas Sorgaard

Thomas Sorgaard — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:49:00 +0000

how does this come out if you combine it with a model and flash?

By: Agostino Carandente

Agostino Carandente — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:45:00 +0000

A bit imprecise on the technical details – it’s not “light coming from one direction”, and the notion of “the true colors” is puzzling at best, but very effectively demonstrates how it works. Also, nice earrings!

By: Chris Blizzard

Chris Blizzard — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:29:00 +0000

Great video, Though I’d like to point out to everyone that she never said that putting a polarizer on wouldn’t change your exposure, she was saying that by TURNING the polarizer it changes the shot without needing to then adjust the exposure. So you’re not going from no polarizer to polarizer, you’re going from polarizer, to twisted polarizer… hence no adjustments to exposure are needed…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:48:00 +0000

good god– im buying whatever she’s selling.. excellent video