Why should professional photographers own a polarizing filter?

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Paul N.
Oct 17, 2014

To adjust brightness and eliminate glare in photographs.

Light reflecting from objects at low angles of incidence tends to be polarized perpendicular to the surface from which it reflected. By adjusting the rotation of a polarizing filter a photographer can block nearly all of the glare from an object.

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