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It’s Not The Camera
Another day, another guy lost on FaceBook when it comes to his camera. This time the post reads like it comes from a long-time photographer who is new to Olympus OM-1 (and this post could have been about any new digital camera) and his complaint that he couldn’t get a decently sharp image of bike…
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The Zone System
After 60 years of shooting pro and amateur I am still not sure I am the guy you should ask about the Zone System as described by master photographer Ansel Adams. Invented by Adams 80 years ago the Zone System is used in black and white photography as a relative quick way of determine the…
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How To Fail
I did not have the heart to reply to the guy on FaceBook who was attending a motor sport event soon and wanted anyone who had used his camera (Olympus OM-1) to share some pics and some settings. This is the perfect storm that will lead to frustration and failure. There is no useful information…
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Why So Expensive?
Newcomers often get dazzled by the amazing technology available for our shiny new digital cameras. When buying a new camera often the photographer’s first lens is the “kit” lens that came with the camera. These are relatively cheap slow zooms that actually change aperture as the move through their zoom range. This reduces construction costs…
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Everyone An Expert?
Do you complain about the lyics in the latest Taylor Swift song? How about the work of Bob Dylan or Frank Sinatra ? Do you think Rembrandt got his painting right? How about Picasso? Did Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev meet your expectations? Unless you’re very different from most people you’re going to say well…
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Where’s The Duck?
One of the fastest ways to get better as a photographer is, as I’ve said, join a local club and get involved with all of their activities. Last night the Oakville Camera Club hosted a webinar featuring renown master Canadian photographer Freeman Patterson. A member of the Order of Canada a read of his achievements…
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Can My Camera Shoot Landscapes?
This was an actual question on a FaceBook photo site I was on this morning. And, of course, the answer is any camera (and any lens for that matter) can be used to shoot landscapes. In experienced hands you can get a landscape out of a pinhole camera. So it’s not the camera but the…
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Medium Format Shooting
Photo by Vivian Maier When it comes to street photography one of the great challenges is to shoot medium format. Essentially medium format is any camera that shoots film or a digital image that’s larger than 35 mm and less than 4″ X 5″ or certainly 8 X 10″. So what’s so desirable about medium…
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Join A Club
Join a club. This is the fastest way to learn how to use your camera or increase your camera skills. While not all clubs are the same and you should shop around as in most clubs you’ll be as welcome as the flowers in spring regardless of whether you’re brand new and don’t know a…
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Streaking At Night
The Oakville Camera Club held an on-the-street and in-the-cold member workshop on time exposures and double image photography Monday night (March 18). I’m guessing we had 12 or so photographers who turned out despite the very chilly temperatures to learn more about how to do double and time exposures. First thing you need is a…
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