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Why Is Bird Photography So Darn Hard?
It looks easy. A lot of people do it. The equipment is available. There are lots of “how-to” videos online. So why oh why is bird photography so hard? On Facebook there is no end to bad bird shots. There are shots taken from too far away. Shots where there’s camera shake and everything is…
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The Decisive Moment?
During a recent Facebook discussion about the advantage of using an external incident light meter instead of a built-in reflective light meter a photographer questioned my ability to capture the “decisive moment” if I had to stop to meter the scene. The “decisive moment” has been attributed to French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson and refers to…
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We made the news
One of my other hobbies is amateur astronomy. We finally got a clear night this week and a local journalist showed up. https://www.oakvillenews.org/rooted/bronte-astronomers-search-for-distant-planets-and-galaxies-12113390
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F/8 and be there
A question on the Toronto Street Photography Facebook page garnered a lot of thoughtful comment….and almost all of it of little use to the writer. So what was the question: What’s your go to aperture setting for street and why? Seems simple enough right? The photographer was asking a perfectly reasonable question to do with…
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Go For A Walk – Join A Club
There’s a photo walk this weekend (Sat. March 28) with The Toronto Film Shooters group. (And this photo is actually of The Oakville Camera Club’s Outings group shooting last week in downtown Oakville.) Everyone is welcome to bring a film camera with them and join us for coffee at 9 am with the walk starting…
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You Don’t Learn Style From Books Or Lessons
How did an unknown Vancouver street photographer become a world-wide phenomenon? It took 75 years before Fred Herzog’s photos were recognized as those of a gifted artist. But how? How did this happen? In this excellent video by Graeme Williams “Fred Herzog – Quietly creating his unique color aesthetic” Herzog says you don’t learn style…
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Are You Lucky Or Talented?
What makes your best photos good? Was it luck or talent? Tatiana Hopper our favourite YouTube commentator on all things about photography leads us on a photographic quest to come to an understanding about how we can approach our own photography. One of the examples she uses comings from Robert Frank’s iconic photo book “The…
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Visual Chaos
Black and white film is the medium of choice for many street photographers. Dependent on contrast and light and darkness and pattern black and white photography can be a simplier way of approaching street photography. But what about colour? Colour is more complex. It can draw attention to itself to the detriment of the image…
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How To Shoot A Festival
Imagine seven-miilion people showing up for one event. That’s the life of Manila street photographer Kyle Francisco every January when he shoots The Feast of Jesus Nazareno. An accomplished photographer Francisco shares his thoughts and techniques in this another Paulie B video “Proof That I Was Here“. Not a run-and-go shooter Francisco says he “works…
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Bird On A Stick
Have you been shooting for awhile? Have you mastered the exposure triangle and understand your camera menus and controls? But are you improving? Do you go out with the same camera and the same lens to the same places and wonder why your images keep looking the same? Simon d’Entremont, an east coast Canadian wildlife…
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