Silky Smooth

So now that you're putting your lens cap in your front left pocket something I always keep in that pocket as well is a silk lens cleaner. It's a "silky" soft and smooth patch of material that is perfect for cleaning the front of your lens. Cleaning the glass on the front of your image gatherer is another good habit to get into. It's another step in setting up your shot and after continual use will become a standard habit. To clean your lens use a circular motion when wiping to help from creating streaks. Hold the lens up to your eyes and then at different angles of light check to see if there's any visible gunk or dust. If you've got a filter on the lens then take it off and clean both the lens and both sides of the filter. Take this one step further and buy yourself a Giotto Rocket Air blower and squeeze some man made wind across the glass. Making sure your lens is clean will save you time in post production and help guarantee that everything in your shot is clean from spots.