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Meteringlights

Flash Meter or Camera Back: How to setup your lights! This is a companion article to the Summer 2019 issue of PHOTONews Canada magazine. The print issue focused on key points – this article offers a few more “behind the scenes” tips and information. A common question from photographers venturing […]

Short Loop Lighting
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Flash 101: Change your Light, Change your Mood Companion

In the Spring 2019 issue of PHOTONews magazine, I shared how light position and height can help you create a certain mood in your portraits. This is the Behind The Scenes companion with technical information for you. All images were taken with my Nikon D810 and Tamron SP 70-200mm f/2.8 […]

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It’s the Perfect Time of Year for a Home Studio

In the cold winter months we enjoy in Canada, many photographers decide not to shoot as much. Facebook and Flickr groups seem to get a little quieter, with the southern-based snowbirds being the odd exception. Natural light photographers are too dependant on the weather; cold and dreary days don’t lend […]

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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 […]

Max Turek
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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 […]