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Tamron 90mm F2.8 Lens
Featured / Reviews

Gear of the Year: Tamron 90mm F2.8 Di VC USD Macro F017

Tamron’s Model F017 – 90mm F/2.8 Di VC USD Macro lens has been selected DPReview’s gear of the year. >> Read the DPREVIEW article >> See more details about Tamron Model F017 at Tamron Canada

Broncolor black friday sale
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Broncolor Black Friday Holiday Savings Just For You!

Time to do some re “stocking”! 20% Off Broncolor Accessories This is the perfect time for you to get the Broncolor Accessories you have been wanting to purchase. 20% Off on Broncolor Accessories including Light Modifiers, Softboxes and Paras. Only Accessories Items that start with BR33.XXX.XX are eligible at discounted price. […]

PHOTONews 25th Anniversary Photo Challenge: The World Through My Lens
Events / Photo Challenge

PHOTONews 25th Anniversary Photo Challenge: The World Through My Lens

             The World Through My Lens The World Through My Lens” was a travel themed contest open to all Canadian photo enthusiasts, created in conjunction with our Image Hong Kong photo expedition, which featured the adventures of four professional photographers as they discovered the many sights and scenes of Hong Kong. […]

Rotatrim
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Discover, Celebrate and Save with Rotatrim

Printing your own images can be one of the most rewarding, yet often forgotten, aspects of photography.  Few things in this industry can rival the euphoria and sense of accomplishment that one feels watching, inch by inch, as a blank piece of paper feeds into a printer and exits the tray, transformed into a masterpiece that you can actually hold and feel. I’ve now […]

DX 2x
Reviews

Shooting the Supermoon with a Superzoom and Teleconverters

Tamron Canada recently released an updated version of my favourite Superzoom – the SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2. The G2 is sharper at the long end, which is where I use it the most. I’ve been a big fan of Tamron’s superzoom lenses for a while and appreciate […]

Tanouja Narraidoo
News

The Winning Image of PHOTONews 25th Anniversary Photo Challenge: The World Through My Lens

“This image was captured on a late summer evening, outside of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, USA. It was a partly cloudy evening during the new moon. A storm front from the north had blown through and brought the clouds just after sunset. Hearts thumping with excitement, I began to setting […]

Events

Getting Inspired & Informed at Stand Out Photo Forum

By: Giancarlo Pawelec | PAWELECphoto A few months ago, I learned about a unique multi-city event called the Stand Out Photographic Forum. The Toronto stop of the event kicked off last week at Hangloose Media studios, bringing with it a great variety of presenters and vendors. The event concept is quite simple as […]

PHOTONews Image Hong Kong Zenfolio Gallery
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PHOTONews Image Hong Kong Zenfolio Gallery

In April 2016, a team of four of Canada’s leading photographers ventured to Hong Kong to explore the photo opportunities of this world famous destination. See the gallery of spectacular images from our PHOTO News Image Hong Kong project at our Zenfolio site: http://photonews.zenfolio.com

Editor's Choice

Field Testing the OM-D E-M1 Mark II

By Jacques Dumont The PHOTO News team had the opportunity to check out the new flagship of the Olympus line, the OM-D E-M1 Mark II, at a special product launch in Iceland. It was an excellent opportunity to experience the latest top-of-the-line product in a rugged outdoor environment that challenged […]

Tutorials

Sharpening using Overlay in Photoshop

Photoshop Professor Notes series Introduction Sharpening our images using the Overlay Blending Mode in combination with the High Pass filter has been around for quite a while now and some of you may even use it at this point but I am going to explain why it works so well. I am […]