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Laowa 15mm Image Sample
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Venus Optics Laowa 15mm f/2 Zero D

It’s not an easy job to carve out a slice of the competitive camera lens market, but in recent years we have seen a few companies do just that. One of those is Venus Optics, a Chinese lens maker, who first entered the market with innovative macro budget lenses – […]

Path Image - Ray Majoran
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Ice Crystals, Diamond Dust & Light Pillars: A Night I’ll Never Forget

Over the last year, there have been a number of weather stories about amazing light pillars caused by ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. Most of the recorded displays have been captured in the extreme northern areas of the world. Bright Light – Nikon D850, Nikkor 24-70 2.8G, ISO 100, f/9, […]

Tamron Warranty
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6 Year Tamron Canada Warranty increased to 10 Years upon registration

Tamron Canada is pleased to announce our gift to Tamron Canada lens owners. Register your new Tamron Canada lens at Tamron.ca/warranty and we will extend your Tamron Canada’s Six Year Warranty by an additional four years! The extended warranty applies to all Tamron Canada lenses purchased within the last 10 […]

Reviews

Tamron 100-400mm Review

Tamron Canada has been on fire lately – releasing one stellar lens after another. I’ve been a big fan of Tamron since the first SP 24-70 F/2.8 Di VC lens – it was a game changer that let me capture images I couldn’t with any other lens in that focal […]

Nikon D500
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Nikon D500 in the field

Nikon D500 and SnapBridge Transmitting your images while at the event The SnapBridge Advantage – Download this App today from either the Nikon website (http://snapbridge.nikon.com), Apple App Store® or Google Play™ depending on what type of smart device you own. Introduction A little background information before we get into the meat […]

Tutorials

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 […]

Destinations

Where is Joel Now?

The term ‘wanderlust’ is defined as the strong desire to travel or explore the world. To say that I have a full-fledged case of wanderlust would certainly be an understatement. About 4 years ago, I was hired for a photography job that allowed me to visit over 80 countries. Ever […]

SPARK Photo Festival and Juried COntest
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SPARK Photo Festival and Juried Contest

The SPARK Photography festival runs every April in the Peterborough, Northumberland and Kawartha Lakes Region and part of this festival is a Juried Exhibition sponsored by HP. Each year we run a Juried Photography Contest from which 30 photographers images will be printed. matted and displayed by SPARK in a […]

Tamron 100-400mm Lens
Reviews

Tamron 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 VC Review

Tamron started a new revolution of affordable ultra-telephoto zoom lenses with the SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 VC USD in 2013. The lens was an instant success and spawned a whole new class of lenses. Last year, Tamron launched a second generation of the lens, the G2, which showcased their new build […]

Inspiration

Deer Story

I was recently asked why I am so passionate about photographing deer and at first, I wasn’t sure what to respond. It felt like such a simple question because my love for animals runs deeper than my love for humans, but I decided to take the time to really think […]