ABSTRACT
Polarized light photography is a technique that can be used to increase color saturation, decrease reflections, and increase contrast. The polarized light technique requires two main components, a linear polarizing filter placed in front of an intense white light source and a camera with a polarizing filter placed in front of the lens. With a polarizer in front of the light source and camera lens, the amount of light will be reduced. The exposure compensation will have to be increased by several stops. Caution should be exercised with placing the polarizer in front of a heat-generating light source for an extended period of time. If the polarizer filter gets too hot, it will be irrevocably damaged.
