Thursday 27 October 2011
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Wednesday 12 October 2011
Five Tips for Fall Foliage Photos
1. It's not which camera you have, it's how you use it
Take control of your camera by understanding the basic principles of the shutter and aperture. Both vary the amount of light reaching the sensor to achieve the best image exposure, and both will affect how you view the foliage colors in your images. Shutter Priority can help control the effects of a subject's motion, just remember that slow shutter speeds allow motion blur, while faster ones freeze action. When depth of field is most important, use Aperture Priority. Small aperture diameters like f/22 will provide the greatest depth of field.
2. Look beyond the leaves
Fall isn't only about colored leaves. There are also an abundance of fall flowers, and butterflies and other wildlife are on the move. Look all around you - fall colors can be anywhere. Work with the subject details that are most interesting when framing your photo, and crop out anything that is distracting.
3. Bracket & tripod
When you need to shoot quickly, try "bracketing" a set of images. This means you shoot several images using different exposures so you're sure to get a photo in which the color really pops! It's easy to delete unneeded photos later, but impossible to recreate them! Working with a tripod keeps the camera still during long exposure times, and helps for learning and honing composition.
4. Check your lighting and adjust accordingly
In bright light with high contrast, photograph open landscape views where everything has a fairly similar intensity of light. When the light is overcast, softer and less contrasting, photograph the details of the woods and along streams. Use sunlight and the reflection created in bodies of water to your advantage.
5. Close one eye to evaluate composition
A camera sees with one eye, and records an image on a two dimensional surface. Closing one eye eliminates our sense of depth, allowing us to see the landscape as the camera does. Wide angle focal lengths help accentuate 'dimension'. Compose an image so colors, contrasts and lines draw the eye from near to far in the photo to provide a sense of depth. Lenses with an extended zoom range offer more options for creative compositions. Visualize a subject with different focal lengths and from different viewpoints. Look for any unique features, and work with the dynamics of tonal contrasts to draw your eye around the entire image, making sure there are no distractions around the edge of the frame. Try a wide angle or fisheye lens for a unique perspective. Remember, it's not what you see, but how you see it!
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Tuesday 11 October 2011
Harrison River
A buddy and I went for a bit of an explore which included some fishing in the Harrison River, on what turned out to be a beautiful Sunny day. We were the only ones on the river in a Ocean boat so we had to keep a close eye on our depth. There were Salmon jumping, eagles and helicopters flying by.
One of many Eagles
Fish On
Fly fishing for Salmon
Fishing from Shore
Hip deep
Helicopter Tours
Seagull Resting
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Monday 10 October 2011
Photo of the Day
Photo of the Day - Photography - National Geographic
photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day...
2 days ago – See a photo of a walrus skull in a field of wildflowers in Bristol Bay by Michael Melford, from National Geographic.
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Sunday 9 October 2011
Kodak's Troubles
In Kodak's troubles, a snapshot of an icon's fall
The News Journal
Rich DiBiase, writing systems engineer, inspects details of a digital photograph printed on a Kodak inkjet photo printer at Eastman Kodak Co., in Rochester, NY Buffeted by fierce foreign competition, then blindsided by a digital revolution, photography ...
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The News Journal
Rich DiBiase, writing systems engineer, inspects details of a digital photograph printed on a Kodak inkjet photo printer at Eastman Kodak Co., in Rochester, NY Buffeted by fierce foreign competition, then blindsided by a digital revolution, photography ...
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Feeding Humpback
Here is a shot of a Feeding Humpback Whale in Whiskey Cove, British Columbia
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Saturday 8 October 2011
Photo competition
One World Week Photography Competition
Impact Magazine
Our second photography competition is finally here, and this time around we have a theme that is sure to get everyone engaged with the planet that we're living in. In collaboration with the Students Union's One World Week, “at which people of different ...
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Impact Magazine
Our second photography competition is finally here, and this time around we have a theme that is sure to get everyone engaged with the planet that we're living in. In collaboration with the Students Union's One World Week, “at which people of different ...
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Tail Stand
Here is a shot I was lucky enough to catch while Fishing near Telegraph Cove last August.
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Steveston Fishing Boats
For those of you that grew up on the West Coast of British Columbia...do you know Old Steveston?
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