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How to Print – Basic Instructions for Epson

Basic Instructions for Printing Workflow ICC output profiles characterize the colour gamut (range) for the combination of printer, ink and paper. By using colour management you can enable the optimum gamut transition from the monitor view (for example AdobeRGB), to the gamut your printer is able to print. For: Epson […]

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How to Print – Basic Instructions Canon Pixma

Basic Instructions for Printing Workflow ICC output profiles characterize the colour gamut (range) for the combination of printer, ink and paper. By using colour management you can enable the optimum gamut transition from the monitor view (for example AdobeRGB), to the gamut your printer is able to print. For: Epson […]

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Extended Red, Shooting SFX200

My love for film is strong, but it wasn’t my first photography love. When I first started out as a landscape photographer my focus was on digital infrared. I was drawn to the unique view that it captures. Last month my two photography loves came together when I was given […]

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The Truth about Monopods

Monopods are a valuable, but often misunderstood piece of photography gear you may own. This issue, I’ll answer the most commonly asked monopod questions: Why choose a monopod over a tripod? How do you choose the right monopod? Carbon Fibre or Aluminum? What about leg locks – twist or lever? […]

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A Superfecta of Meteor Showers

(composite photo of 33 meteors in one night) In horse racing a Superfecta is when you correctly pick the first 4 horses across the finish line.  In 30 days between December 5th and January 4th there will be superfecta of 4 meteor showers visible in the Northern Hemisphere but you […]

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Illuminating Car Shows

The indoor car show season is starting soon. That means photographing in warm indoor spaces (Yay!!) With horrible light (Boo!) Last spring, I visited the Canadian International Auto Show (www.autoshow.ca) and wanted to do something different. One of my frustrations with indoor car shows is light – not enough, wrong […]

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Future Champion – Overpowering the sun to create dynamic sports portraits

I recently learned that that one of the young men whom I coached soccer and hockey was selected by Athletics Canada to represent our country at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland. I was ecstatic for Max and really proud of him – he was going to […]

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A Woman’s World Captured Through ND Filters

There are hundreds of blogs out there telling you how to use a Neutral Density Filter (most of which are very technical), but I will be telling you my thought process of “How I use the RealPro ND100 and the RealPro ND500 filters”. So just to give you some sort […]

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High Speed Dogs

Cactus keeps innovating with their V6 II wireless flash transceivers. One of Cactus’ unique features is the ability of V6 and V6 II units to control “cross-brand” speedlights. For example, I can use a Canon flash with my Nikon camera and everything syncs with the shutter! One of my favourite […]

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Lighting Corner: Taking the Mystery Out of Speedlight Modifiers

The past few issues, we’ve learned about speedlights and strobes, how to use them on camera and off and how to setup a home studio. This month, let’s take a look at some of those funny attachments you can stick on your speedlight to change how it creates light. If […]