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High Speed Sync (HSS) – Part 5
This series of posts are my notes for a flash workshop I am teaching to the members of The Oakville Camera Club. Understanding high speed sync (HSS) can really boost your photography techniques when it comes to shooting better images outdoors in bright sunlight using a flash or when attempting to freeze action at high…
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Outdoor Portraits With Flash – Part 4
This series of posts are my notes for a flash workshop I am teaching to the members of The Oakville Camera Club. Your speedlight used off camera into a softbox with a remote controller can create amazing outdoor portraits even during daylight. We’re going to setup our flash on manual and our remote will be…
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Umbrellas & Softboxes – Part 3
This series of posts are my notes for a flash workshop I am teaching to the members of The Oakville Camera Club. With the addition of a relatively inexpensive softbox or umbrella on a stand and a flash with a remote unit you can shoot professional quallity portraits with your camera just about anywhere. Photography…
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Bounce Flash & Modifiers – Part 2
This series of posts are my notes for a flash workshop I am teaching to the members of The Oakville Camera Club. One of the fastest and easiest ways to improve the look of any flash shot is to bounce the flash. Most flashes have the ability to swivel and bounce light in more directions…
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Let’s Talk Flash – Part 1
This series of posts are my notes for a flash workshop I am teaching to the members of The Oakville Camera Club. Why buy a flash? First of all flash units (also called speedlights) have dropped dramatically in price over the years. This Godox flash (in photo above) costs around $150 Cdn and will work…
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It’s All About The Light
Brooklyn photographer Ryan Riley is a self-taught street photographer who has something to share with us. He’s a young man with a purpose to document his people in their neighbourhood. His work is exceptional and in this Paulie B Walkie Talkie episode 81 video you get to walk along with these two excellent shooters. One…
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How To Add Emotion
The Oakville Camera Club mentoring session held today (Sat. Jan 24/26) on one of the coldest days of the year so far in Ontario was a warm and welcoming meeting of mentors helping other club members with their images. As one of the club mentors I am always grateful and honoured to be part of…
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Bird Photography For Beginner Photographers
Bird photography is one of the most difficult forms of photography to get right….but it can be done. First you don’t need a top-of-the-line camera and super long telephoto lens….but it helps. Having said that there’s lots of available birds you can shoot with a cellphone. Lots of waterfront parks in the Oakville – Burlington…
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Starting From Scratch
Yesterday our club The Oakville Camera Club held a shooting session in nearby Burlington, Ontario for all members to come and practice their shooting. We were fortunate to be blessed with lots of birds in the air and in the water and of the 15 or so members I’d say just under half were fairly…
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It’s Not The Gear
What do all of these photographers have in common? Well it’s not the gear. They all own and use very different makes and models of cameras. Some shoot film and some shoot digital. A few even use their cellphone cameras. So what do they have in common? For the most part these photographers are all…
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