Ahoj! I gotta show you something. I was here two weeks ago taking photos for my Instagram and
here are the photos I took with the help of these.
And here are some more photos with these. Now, what is it? Can we do more of the photos
like that? Can we do video as well? How is it going to look like on a video? Yes, absolutely.
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I genuinely really like Freewell filters. That's why I have this
filter case in my backpack at all the times. But to be honest, not all of the filters I have
are from Freewell but majority of them are. And so there's two new filters in my collection.
They are called Glow Mist. Now Freewell contacted me if I would be interested in trying it out so
I said yes obviously. And I'm not being paid to say certain things, not at all. I've been
using Freewell filters for over two years and from what I was reading and from my own experience,
I know that they are excellent quality and they have this whole magnetic system. Obviously
these filters are magnetic as well. There's this magnetic ring. You just attach it to your lens
and then you can just put the filter on and if you want, you can also put a lens cap on so
it protects your lens. It's just, it makes things so much easier to just attach it, snap it on and
take it off. Now, why there are two filters? Because they are different. One is just
1/4 of strength and the other one is 1/8. Now, these filters are not new. They are not new.
They've been around for years. Mainly in hollywood because they bring the contrast down a little
bit, they reduce the highlights. When it comes to female talents, you know, they
soften the skin a little bit. They tone down some of the wrinkles and blemishes.
Wait, they get rid of the wrinkles and blemishes?
They get rid of the wrinkles and blemishes? I think I know why they send it to me.
No.... You mean, like I need it? You guys at Freewell are kind of funny you
know? OK, I want to see it. Let's go to the studio for a second. So here is the usual
you're used to but with no filter. And here is the look with the 1/8 of a filter which is not too
strong. And this is the look you get with 1/4 filter. Now, they are not only to be used to
soften your face. They can be used for a lot of different scenarios. You are going to get all
kinds of different results depending on the lens you are using. The focal length, distance of the
object and depth of field and of course like I said before, strength of a filter. I think
we should check out some lights. We should check out the halation. What is hilation? The spreading
of light beyond its proper boundaries to form a fog around the edges of a bright image
in a photograph or in a video. Christmas season is here, there's lights literally everywhere.
This is the best time of the year to check the halation of lights. So let's do some tests.
Let's do with no filter some footage and then let's do 1/8 and 1/4 and both filters.
I got very interesting comment on one of my videos. I believe, it's from Marty or Marty.
I see on your list the Freewell
softening filters. Do you use them for your photo, video or both? And why? Instead of
editing the desired softness later. The first time I used those filters is when I
took them outside and I was taking some photos for Instagram. And to be perfectly honest,
when I saw the result on the screen right there in that second and I could really clearly see
that, I got super excited. I got very excited because I can see it right away. I'm not a fan
of taking the images putting it in Lightroom or Photoshop and changing the photos to
completely different result. So it doesn't look like anything it was on the start. And
I prefer to be the traditional photographer not the digital artist these days. And that's where
it's heading and it's heading pretty fast. Sometimes, you lose this spark for photography.
You get simply board and it happens. I've been doing photography for so many years so I
certainly had my up and downs but something like this, seeing the photo right there on the screen,
it just, it gets me excited again. It makes me very happy. It gets me right back on the
track. And for the video? I'll blow it up 100% on the screen and I'll be checking. Trust me,
I'll be checking those wrinkles and blemishes. I know exactly what I'm looking for. Trust me,
I know exactly what I'm looking for. I might be using it, I might not be using it. Who knows? But
I certainly liked the light effects. I like the dreaminess, the softness. So for some
b-rolls, for some videos when you want it really light and dreamy, yes I really do like the effect.
Well, the tools are here to be used and when we have some certain image in our heads,
those tools are gonna help us to bring the image out of our heads
on the screen. Whether it's tv screen, computer, smartphone screen. If you want
to check out those filters, international link can be found below the video in the video
description. Hit the thumbs up if you found it informative and subscribe to future videos like
these. If you have any questions, comments, simply want to say hi.
You know what to do. Leave it below and I'll see you in the next video. Cau... Ahoj...