Gadget Bag: Special-Effects Camera Filters

Craft the image in-camera instead of wrestling with Photoshop

Jon Sienkiewicz

Published December 16, 2008

Mention the word “filter” to a young shooter, and he or she probably will think you’re talking about a Photoshop plug-in.

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