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Two Reasons For Using a Lens Hood

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Photo by lmnop88a (used under the CC-Attr-2.0 license)
Photo by lmnop88a (used under the CC-Attr-2.0 license)
The lens hood is an often overlooked accessory. I see a lot of people walking around without one. Or sometimes they have one on their lens, but they’re not using it: it’s put on backwards (the storage position).

So, to help remedy this problem and motivate you to always use a lens hood (if you’re not already!), here are two great things they can do for you: [Read more…] about Two Reasons For Using a Lens Hood

Why you should keep your lenses super clean

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One of the consequences of shooting photos outdoors is that you’ll constantly be getting dust or dirt on your lenses and filters.

It’s easy to forget about this dust and just deal with it by removing any specks in your photos later in Photoshop, but sometimes those specks won’t always appear on a nice blue sky, so it’s important to keep your filters and lenses super clean at all times. [Read more…] about Why you should keep your lenses super clean