From the course: The Practicing Photographer

Unlock this course with a free trial

Join today to access over 22,400 courses taught by industry experts.

Using a lens hood

Using a lens hood

One of the great things about doing these Lynda courses is the feedback that I get from you guys. You send in really good questions and you often catch me on things that are worth explaining. And one of those things I got a lot of questions about after the Desert Road Trip Course was the lens shade. You saw that I had a lens shade on my camera and wasn't ever really using it. I always had it turned this way instead of actually on my lens this way. So I want to talk about that. I want to talk about what a lens shade is for and why I have a completely irrational fear of them. So, a lens shade is here to prevent lens flare. Now, you probably have an idea of lens flare. Lens flare are those circles of contrast or brightness or just changing light that can come across your frame when you are pointed into the sun. Lens flares are caused by light reflecting around inside the lens in a way that the lens is not meant optically to handle. So, if I'm looking towards the sun, you should be able…

Contents