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Colour photo filters

Red and blue acrylic filters on a key ring against a pale backdrop

A set of acrylic filters held in front of the lens to change the colour and mood of a shot.

Each filter has a different tint and behaves a little differently. Sometimes it only nudges the colours, other times it rewrites the scene. The result is never quite predictable.

The filters shape the light before it reaches the sensor, so the colour shifts and flares happen while shooting instead of afterwards. It is a small intervention between the light and the lens: not a precise tool, but one that puts part of the decision back into the moment.

A camera with a red filter in front of the flash, two more filters lying beside it
Filters on a key ring hanging from a metal tripod arm
Four acrylic filters laid out side by side in amber, blue and red
A flash with a red filter attached, three more filters lying in front of it