11 Reviews: Best ND Filters for Portrait Photography (Dec 2023)

Creating a motion blur for fast pace objects is no longer a trouble. You can use this ND filter from K&F Concept to accentuate the smoothness of that object such as waterfall, vigorous waves on the ocean or to get the cotton look clouds. Also comes with a wider outer optic to help reduce vignetting at wide angles. You no longer demand to decrease the aperture to avoid overexposure due to long exposure. You can create a hazy look for other people or other objects in the background to catch a nice portrait.

Very nice filter. Seems to be no difference in image quality. I attached an image I got with the filter attached. It is fitted over a hoya UV filter as well.The lens rotates smoothly and has marks so you know with you are at the min or max.It’s nice to have one on your lens for outdoor shoots so you don’t have to keep swapping out different filters with lighting changes.

by Lincoln Horsley

Featuring 8x or 0.9 filter ranger, this has a 3-stop exposure reduction. It means it can block the light to darken the entire object without fail with good gripping of its screw model filter. Now you can take a good picture that out of focus in the background for a better focus on the person you are about to capture. Plus, this ND filter from Helipoan has an agreeable coating. Each glass surface includes four layers of anti-reflection coating to prevent internal ghosting and reflections.

Constructed with 16 3/5 stops of neutral filter, you are free to take a shoot of people’s portrait in a wide area without sacrificing the aperture, ISO, or maybe the shutter. You still can operate the camera to its great number of aperture for the sake of good in-depth field photos. Moreover, this can perform up to one-hour exposure under the hot scorching sun in board daylight.

Comes with a 10-stop neutral density filter, this Lenskins ND 1000 filter is way much capable to get you to have the best shot during the day to satisfy your client. The filter is made of German Schott B270 glass and aviation-grade aluminum, surely, it will be one of the best photography tools to create nice photos. Additionally, it is 16-Layer Multiple Resistant Coated to give you more control over the sharpness of the images you are about to take.

The filter was well packaged. An indoor test was performed and it appears to have worked as described. Photo on left was shot at 1/250 sec at f5.6 and the photo on the right was taken at 2 sec at f5.6. The meter i the camera indicated 1.3 seconds but image was a little too dark. 2 sec worked better. I did not see any color shift in the images.

by Iamgeandart

ICE is one of the brands that provide a super nice ND filter with a lowkey price. This filter made for wide-angle, therefore you can enjoy taking a long shot for making shiny portrait photos in order to memorize every glimpse of the life of that person or maybe your dearest family. This includes front threads for filters or hood and each Filter has Individual Plastic Case.

I was a little hesitant to buy these filters because of the low price but they have exceeded all my expectation. Just plain and simple stunning quality.

by Mark 92562

We keep this love in a photograph, we made these memories for ourselves. That’s what Ed Sheeran wrote for his bomb song called “Photograph”. As to keep the memory of the loved ones, you can create a beautiful portrait shot of that person. Well, this filter actually for the GND filter, but we include it to this list because this also has the superb capacity to support you to get the best capture with its nice control over the temperature of the view, so it won’t mess up the coloring object with the polarized feature embedded within it.

The Colin filter system works like a gem. Easy to install and with high quality filters which will widen your creative horizons. Filters are stackable so easy to combine. Material is not glass so care needs to be taken not to scratch.

by Stefan

The density is 0.6 to 1.5, perfect to make a blur effect or shallow effect to give more highlight about the object you want to take as a muse of your photography technique of the day. These ND filters are designed to mount onto lenses with 82mm front filter threads and provide an exposure reduction of 2 to 5 stops and 6 to 9 stops, respectively. Since it is a variable neutral density filter, you can adjust the operation as you need.

The build quality on these filters is excellent. There is almost no wiggle in the rings when at either end of the adjustment range, and the rotating action is very smooth. A little hard to tell from the photos, but the filters are VERY thin. The magnetic lens caps are a nice touch, and sit quite firmly. I'm not at all worried about knocking them off, carrying between shots, in and out of vehicles, etc. ..

by Jacob

Fixed with 7 f-stop light reduction, this is one of the best ND filters to knock off a dreamy portrait look, to take a notice of every personality, emotions, and expressions of humans. You will no longer sacrifice the shutter and the aperture just to have the best portrait picture taken in an outdoor environment. The less light coming through the lens, the more you can use the bigger aperture and you are able to slow down the shutter to get sharp images.

I needed a dense ND filter for reducing the field depth on bright days. The Gobe ND128 has proved to be very successful and of high quality. Highly recommended.

by Pia

Overexposure is not so beautiful to look at, especially for portrait photography. Thanks to the advanced technology of ND filter, now you are allowed doing long exposure under sunlight, but still can maintain the depth and the sharpness of your pictures without vain. It will help reduce the light and making you able to set the camera to the best operation with its 0.6 light filter.

A must have filter if you take a lot of landscape photography. This filter will help darken the sky so your pictures will be more evenly exposed. I'm going to be stacking this filter with a hoya hd3 polarizer really soon :)

by steve

Tiffen, for some folks, this can be one of the best options when looking for ND filters. This company provides its own brand on the website. As for this version called CLE series accent ND filter has a solid 1000x filter. Perfect to block the light when the light sightlessly making it hard to look at the surroundings, such as when you are in the land of desert. You can slow down the shutter and take a picture of people or someone face with long exposure to catch their every aspect of emotions.

Available in 2-5 stop and 5-0 stop range. This can eliminate the glare and reflection during the day that often ruins the aesthetic and the beauty of the world and its men. For better results, this quipped with zero vignetting down to 16mm focal length lenses. The golden brimming is pretty to be your camera’s accessory. Furthermore, the screw is easy to set up.

I have the first edition 2-5 stop and was going to get the 6-9 before they announced this new version. I got it with the mist and it was the best decision ever. The haptic feedback is a great touch and I love what they did with the case covers.

by Imran