Tag: camera
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Why I Don’t Compete In Photo Contests And Why You Should Consider It
My good friend and fellow mentor at The Oakville Camera Club Deepak Patel has posted an excellent piece on whether or not you should consider entering your photographs in a juried competition. The Oakville club holds its annual gala and juried competition for club members called Capture Oakville and the images that get choosen for…
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Why Are Some Photographers Better Than The Rest Of Us?
The Toronto Camera Club in conjunction with camera retailer Henry’s Cameras are offering a series of workshops featuring some amazing Canadian photographers. If you’re a member of the Toronto Camera Club the 12 presentations are part of the membership but tickets are available to the general public and all the sessions will be accessible via…
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How To Shoot A Festival
I watch a lot of YouTube videos about photography and this one from the Adventure & Art site by Ben Staley is worth the hour. It’s a master class on how to shoot a special event. Why watch? Because Ben, who is a top-tier environmental portrait photographer, pulls off an amazing job using minimal equipment…
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How To Go Pro
This morning on Facebook a new photographer armed with her entry-level camera and kit lens and way more enthusiasm than knowledge asked 130,000 random strangers on Facebook for advice on going pro. Of course, being Facebook she got a ton of bad advice about what gear she should buy. I offered a different suggestion. Here’s…
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How To Shoot Sports
I’m starting a series of short posts on how to setup for various forms of photography. Remember photography isn’t about gear. Gear is about gear. Photography also isn’t about settings or recipes or pre-sets or even editing in a raw editor. Photography is about light and exposure and composition. Having said that we see daily…
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This Is How To Do Street Photography With People
I show my own images (and those of Marion West) just for fun (this is of mine from Carribana 2024 in Toronto) while I post on a variety of photography-related subjects on this site. And with a photo walk I’m leading coming up this weekend in Oakville, Ontario I thought we might look at how…
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Small Camera Street
Nothing is better than to chance upon a street festival or jazz outdoor event or Toronto Comicon, a three-day celebration of all things comics, sci-fi, horror, anime, gaming, or cosplay featuring hundreds of dressed up kids (and some adults). What’s even more fun is doing the shooting during an outing of The Toronto Photo Walk.…
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Shooting People & Dogs
Last post we talked about shooting street photography without shooting any people. This time let’s talk about shooting people while doing street photography. There are two ways of shooting people on the street. First is candids where the subject remains unaware that you’ve taken a photo. The joy of candids is you get unrehearsed real…
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More On Metering
Another Facebook question on metering prompted this reply from me: Metering is one of the most misunderstood functions of modern-day DSLRs and mirrorless cameras. You can do entire weekend workshops on metering so a quick answer on Facebook isn’t going to cover the ground. There are three main types of meters: reflective (as found in…
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RTFM – V2
I got a response from a comment I made to a new photographer who asked a really basic question about how to find a menu item in his new camera. I said “read your manual” and my FaceBook friend asked if RTFM (read the furbished manual) was my answer to every question and he’s right…
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