Editor’s Choice

Inspiration

My 35mm Time Machine

I always say time is the most precious commodity there is. If you are doing something you love, it flies by faster than the speed of light. And if you are waiting for something, it can feel like centuries are passing by. If only there was a way to somehow […]

Where is Randy VanDerStarren?
Destinations

Where is Randy VanDerStarren?

In the Spring 2018 issue of PHOTONews, Take Your Seat was honoured with the cover feature story. This was the first time the journey of our director’s chair was shared with thousands of readers. That article took us to Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and Canada. We use […]

Editor's Choice / Events

Safari!

In October 2018, I had a wonderful opportunity to participate in a photo safari in South Africa, the dream expedition for so many photographers. Our group, comprised exclusively of six avid photographers, was accompanied by Daniel Dupont, a trainer who was on his fourth visit to the Kruger Park. Daniel […]

Editor's Choice / Inspiration

Shooting ILFORD Film in the bale mountains of Ethiopia

A BEAUTIFUL AND INSPIRING PLACE Last year (2018) I was introduced to the Bale Mountains, a part of Ethiopia I had never seen before. Surprisingly, in the 8 years I have been traveling to Ethiopia, I have only recently begun discovering the many treasures this country holds. The Bale Mountains […]

Editor's Choice

Nikon Z 7 with Nikon Ambassador Kristian Bogner

Extreme Field Test and Mirrorless Camera Review Nikon Ambassador Kristian Bogner was given 2 weeks with a preproduction Nikon Z 7 Mirrorless camera to test and shoot campaign images for Nikon Canada. Kristian wanted to take it through an extreme range of different subjects, capturing landscape, sports, portrait, wildlife, commercial […]

Shooting Snow
Inspiration

Shooting Snow

Of course, we see in colour – but vision is just one part of how we sense the environment and moments. In the mountains I see tremendous peaks, I feel and hear the storms, freeze, and feel emotions from success, failure and intense personal experiences. All that black + white […]

Editor's Choice / Inspiration

Cutting Edge Images

Our PHOTONews portfolio for the winter 2018/2019 issue features the work of Paul Zizka, a full-time mountain landscape and adventure photographer based in Banff, Alberta. From the peaks of the Canadian Rockies to iceberg-laden seas off the coast of Greenland, Paul’s journey to capture the “under-documented” is a testament to […]

Destinations / Editor's Choice

Marine Mammal Photo Tour – Queen Charlotte Strait

When I learned last December about a marine mammal photography tour off the coast of Vancouver Island, I immediately signed up – marine mammals are my passion. I had purchased a Nikon D500 earlier that year but needed to find a lens that would allow me to capture wildlife of […]

Destinations

Where is Randy?

Where else can you dodge typhoons, suffer through 40 degree heat and travel at speeds of 300km per hour but Japan. Take Your Seat managed to shoot roughly 4000 photographs over three weeks despite the weather. It was as if Nature decided our chair deserved to have its moment.  Sure […]

Max Turek
Editor's Choice / Tutorials

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 […]