How to Double Polarizer Method for Cars
May 22, 2017You’ve probably watched this video explaining why Polarizing Filters (CPL) are important for car photography.
Today you’re going to learn how to Double Polarize an image to get rid of reflections on both the windshield and side of the car that you’re shooting. The concept is simple, and just takes a few extra moments to shoot and edit.
How it’s done:
1) Set your camera on a tripod.
2) In Manual Mode, Get a proper exposure
3) Twist your polarizer to cut the reflections on the windshield (as seen below)
4) Twist your polarizer to cut the reflections from the side of the car (as seen below)
5) In Photoshop, open the two images as layers and use Layer Masks to brush away reflections. You can also use the “Darken” blend mode to do this even quicker.
For a full tutorial watch this video from the Youtube series, Shooting Cars
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