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Electrical Safety

Did you know that every electrical device that plugs into Canadian electric circuit must meet electrical safety requirements? Did you know that Canada has some of the most stringent electrical safety standards in the world? Why does this matter and just how important is it to you, the home photographer […]

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Oomingmak – The Bearded One

It was -25°- when I took this photo of a bull muskox. The frost on his fur attests to the frigid temperature. Some of my fondest memories of arctic wildlife are so vivid that it seems I can still feel the wind ruffling my hair and hear the comforting songs […]

Craig Fleming: Making a Connection - An ILFORD Inspires Film
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Craig Fleming: Making a Connection – An ILFORD Inspires Film

Making a Connection is the latest video in our ILFORD Inspires series and features Sheffield born fashion and portrait photographer Craig Fleming. Armed with his Mamiya RZ67, his go-to medium format camera, we joined Craig to shoot some black and white film studio portraits in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Known for […]

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ILFORD Multigrade RC paper, ILFORD Chemistry and PATERSON

While setting up my 4×5 Linhof I was musing about ILFORD MULTIGRADE RC enlarging paper. Why, you ask, would I be thinking about enlarging paper? Great question, because my Lisco 4×5 negative holders were loaded with this enlarging paper!!! This was a 4×5 paper negative shoot* organized by ‘The Silver […]

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Cetaceans (Whales and Dolphins) of the Antarctic Oceans

Adult male Orca – With their tall dorsal fin, male Orcas are easy to separate from their female counterparts. Orcas, also known as Killer Whales, are the largest member of the Dolphin family. Canadians understand the art of adapting to winter. It’s really simple – just go on vacation. Although […]

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White Sharks in Canada

Adult female great white shark The dramatic cover of Time magazine on June 23, 1975 pictured a gaping great white shark, its jaws rimmed with jagged menacing teeth, breaking the ocean’s surface in a terrifying predatory lunge.  “Super Shark” the cover proclaimed. It was the heat of summer, and Universal […]

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Aurora Borealis in Yellowknife, NWT

The birth of an aurora begins 150 million kilometres away, on the torrid surface of the sun.  There, continuous gigantic explosions, called sunspots, send showers of charged particles, (electrons and protons) hurtling into space and racing towards Earth, sometimes nearly at the speed of light.  Usually it takes 30 minutes […]

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Coffee with Crombie – Part 5: Finish Developing Your Film

 PHOTONewsTV continues it’s exciting new series of videos presented by Crombie McNeill. This series is dedicated to the art of black and white film photography. Crombie will explore shooting, processing and some radical alternative techniques (maybe even with coffee). Not only will Crombie bring you into his processing lab […]

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The First Wave of Spring Bird Migration

American Robin, Ottawa, Ontario – A truly hardy species, each spring, American Robins are among the first birds to sing in suburban backyards. As winter wanes, the season gives way to warmer temperatures. While the snow melts, plants flourish, animals come out of hibernation, and local environments rejuvenate with an abundance […]

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Snowy Owls

A “sundog” on the prairies.  Temperature -23°C, windchill -41°C Penguins and owls are the two most recognizable and popular groups of birds.  Although wild penguins are hard to find in Canada it is a different story for owls. Of the 14 species of owls found in Canada, 10 of them […]