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Mastering the Art of Photography: A Complete Guide to Camera Lens Filters

BY January 13, 2024 Gear

In the world of photography, capturing the perfect shot isn’t just about skill and timing; it’s also about using the right tools. Among these, camera lens filters play a crucial role in enhancing image quality and protecting your gear. Whether you’re a professional photographer or a hobbyist, understanding the different types of lens filters and their specific uses can significantly improve your photography. This blog post aims to demystify lens filters, offering insights into their types and uses to help you make an informed choice based on your photographic needs. […]

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A Guide for Bird Photography

BY May 20, 2020 Bird Photography, Gear, Wildlife

Immature Female Bald Eagle

Winter and early spring are ideal times to get out an take part in a very challenging, but very rewarding activity: Bird photography. Location A great place to start with bird photography is right in your own yard. You can put up feeders in locations where the birds have some cover and in a short time, you will have winged guests in your yard. This is a commitment because once you start putting food out, your feathered neighbours start to depend upon you. Also expect that the presence of food […]

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Exposure Compensation

BY July 19, 2019 Articles, Learning

Exposure Compensation: Snowbirds

What is exposure compensation and how do you use it? There are plenty of situations where using exposure compensation can improve your photos – at weddings, around a campfire, at air shows, taking shots of a nighttime skyline, etc. Exposure compensation exists on your camera so you can add brightness to images that come out too dark, or to remove brightness in images that are too bright to begin with. That’s it, plain and simple. Here are some tips on how and when to use exposure compensation.

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How to Photograph Flowers

BY May 9, 2019 Spring

Flower photography with one continuous light source and a white background

When the weather changes, the flowers start to bloom and this is the time where photographers become inspired to make images of the beautiful colours and shapes that announce an end to winter. Unfortunately, many photos of flowers are lacking something. Flowers are challenging to shoot well, because they are naturally beautiful and to make the image special, we need to do more. Managing the light, and the angle are methods to make better flower images, amongst other practices. Let’s practice today so we are ready for when the real […]

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Top 10 Tips for Spring Wildflower Photography

BY April 18, 2019 Spring

A Path Through a Forest Blanketed With Trilliums

For about three weeks in early Spring, great swathes of elegant White Trilliums carpet the floors of forests, before trees’ leaves fully develop and block out the sunlight. It’s a great opportunity to get out and photograph the abundance of wildflowers that can’t be seen at any other time of year.

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How To Shoot Panoramas

BY November 7, 2018 Learning

Have you ever felt that your landscape shot didn’t really capture the scope and breadth of the story you wanted to tell, but when you tried an ultra wide angle lens, everything looked really far away and seemed diminished? You aren’t alone. In the olden days (self jab there), we had dedicated cameras like the amazing Widelux that only shot panoramas. With our digital cameras, things got a whole lot easier. You may have already made some panoramas using your smartphone. Despite the micro sensors and the fact that they […]

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Canada: The View from Above

BY June 16, 2017 Articles

Canada's Mountains

Canada is a big country, you may have noticed. To capture the true breadth and majesty of it all, it helps to have a long lens and a point-of-view that’s out of this world.

For as long as people have been sending satellites above the atmosphere and travelling to space, we’ve been capturing amazing imagery of Canada from above. To celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary, we’ve compiled some of our favourite shots from space:

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