If you’re an aspiring film maker hoping to be the next [J.J. Abram] with a mild (severe?) obsession with lens flares, then this Instructable is for you! Modern camera lenses are designed to prevent ...

If you’re an aspiring film maker hoping to be the next [J.J. Abram] with a mild (severe?) obsession with lens flares, then this Instructable is for you! Modern camera lenses are designed to prevent ...

A camera lens filter is pretty much what you’d expect: it’s a physical piece of glass that attaches to your camera’s lens, filters the light before it reaches the sensor and, typically, has an effect ...

Replay: Lens flares and other similar effects are all the rage in software plugins. But here's our guide to creating clever optical effects the traditional way, in camera, without having to spend a ...

Diamonds sometimes reflect light to create white, star-shaped flares. Regardless of where the diamond is in a photo, this flare tends to attract the viewer's attention. Unlike advertising photos, ...

From the start of my career, the photography press recommended using a filter on the front of all my lenses, and my peers always used a filter on the front of all their lenses. This filter was ...