PRO KIT ND
FILTERS & GRADS
Jordan says... I use ND and ND
grad filters for pretty much every
shot I take. My preferred ND is
the six-stop Lee Little Stopper –
which I find is enough to calm
moving water and clouds without
overdoing the effect and making
exposures ridiculously long. I also
have Lee one-, two- and three-stop
ND grads so I can expose for
buildings and pull back the much
brighter skies for a balanced
exposure. You can do this digitally,
but I prefer to nail the effect
in-camera as much as possible.The Lee Little Stopper slows the shutter
e n o u gh to sm o oth w ate r s a n d s tre a k clo u d s.additional depth of field these will give me.
I also intuitively know the exposure settings
I’ll need just by looking at the scene, and
can approximate the shutter speed for any
given full f-stop, so I don’t use my metering
system at all. Admittedly, I don’t get it spot
on every time, but looking at the image on
the back of the camera I can see how wrong
I am, and I’ll know how far I need to adjust
things – in full stops – to get it right.”INTO THE BLUE
With the sun below the horizon, we’d
entered the blue hour – where there’s a
distinct blue tone to the night sk y, from light
reflected off the atmosphere below the
visible horizon – and time to move on to set
up our next shot. Crossing Tower Bridge
itself offered up another fantastic vista, as
Jordan explained: “London is both steeped
in history and a modern, vibrant capital,
and the juxtaposition of the centuries-oldCamera: Nikon D
Lens: 16-35mm f/
Exposure: 25 secs, f/8, ISO
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