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Sculpting the Image with Light
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Sculpting the Image with Light

By Jean-Denis Boillat François Laliberté is a photographer from Ste-Marie de Beauce, Québec, who has built a 20-year career on his passion for photography. He describes himself as a “realizer of images”.We asked François to describe his approach to the art of photography… “My daily challenge is to create photographs [...]

The Magic of Winter light!
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The Magic of Winter light!

Article by Michel Roy Winter is one of my favourite times of the year to take pictures. We are blessed here in Canada with a giant white reflector – a blanket of snow that fills the scene with bright, even light that opens shadows and reveals colour and detail in [...]

Taken with a 500mm lens on Polar Bear Alley at the Arctic Kingdom cabins near Arviat, Nunavut. I was too close for a full body shot (we were only 20 feet away), this is a full frame image without any cropping.
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Living a Dream

Clyde River, Nunavut. Twenty-one times over the past three and a half years, renowned Ottawa photographer Michelle Valberg has stepped out of her comfort zone and into the Arctic. She’s taken over 90,000 photographs, shown her work at a three-month solo exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Nature and is [...]

Street Photography by Kevin Pepper
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Street Photography by Kevin Pepper

Street photography is a type of documentary photography that features subjects in candid situations within public places. Usually photos include such things as streetscapes, parks, benches, malls, and other settings. This type of photography tends to be ironic and can be distanced from its subject matter, and often concentrates on [...]

PHOTONews Bookshelf Winter 2011/12
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PHOTONews Bookshelf Winter 2011/12

Photography and the Art of Seeing By Freeman Patterson Fourth Edition, 154 pages The second book in Freeman Patterson’s internationally acclaimed series of instructional books on photography and visual design has now been updated and expanded to include technical guidelines adapted for both digital and film photographers. The jargon-free text [...]