By Ian Varkevisser | Art & Creativity
A loose group of us local oddball snappers get together every now and then to go on a collective outing. As part of a whatsapp group that had become dormant I was lamenting with my good friend Zelma the demise of the group. If you remember Zelma you will know they don’t come much more […]
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By Nancee Rostad | Art & Creativity , Travel Photography
At the end of a winter trip to Japan, I found myself looking at cherry trees in full peak bloom. Mind you, this was on February 22, 2023 – February! Which is at least several weeks before the blooms open in other parts of Japan. Luckily, I was in Kawazu, in Shizuoka Prefecture, which […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity , How-To
Some final thought on this intriguing 24:65 aspect ratio, using a longer lens. After my first posts about the X-Pan crop (24:65) available on the Hasselblad X1D, both using photos made made using the XCD30 lens, two readers asked me what this might look like with a longer lens. Given this overwhelming demand, how […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity , How-To
Well, the honeymoon didn’t end. I’m still feeling like the schoolboy who discovers the evil joke he had planned for a buddy turned out better than he ever expected. Shooting the X1D in 24:65 mode is proving even more fun than early tests suggested. Being a newbie at this, I only just […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity
And there I was torturing my ming, trying to find my new camera of choice … So, I don’t actually own one. Not … really. But all the video watching and article reading devoted to finding my next camera taught me two things: (1) I really must learn to read manuals, because (2) the […]
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By John Wilson | Art & Creativity , Travel Photography
Real photographers shoot black and white … sometimes colour. (Ted Grant – 1930-2020) Hi All! It’s me again with part 3 of the continuing saga. This time we do COLOUR! The Hedley Art series was in colour, but that was a necessity. Imagine those spectacular paintings in BW … And, I’ve made an Executive decision […]
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By Ian Varkevisser | Art & Creativity
Its that time of year again and the dead have arisen to walk the streets and we are back in the saddle with another dubious lensbaby fuji combination. This time its an 80mm edge and a 35mm sweet spot lens though and the light is less harsh and lower down as the late afternoon approaches. […]
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By John Wilson | Art & Creativity , Travel Photography
In Part 2, we wind the clock back to the beginning of the trip, to our first stop in Hedley and The Old Trading Post. You’ll recall … “The first stop on the outbound route east was the town of Hedley on the way to Osoyoos our first stopover. Hedley (pop.242) is an old […]
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By pascaljappy | Art & Creativity
Well, August is over. Time to celebrate the great black & white photographs you sent me during that month 🙂 I love black and white photography. Even though recent weeks have seen me trying to up my colour photography game, black and white is where my heart lies. Because it can produce such a […]
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By Ian Varkevisser | Art & Creativity
Putting words to images can sometimes be a challenge which produces interesting results. Not all captions conform strictly to the haiku format but are in the style of. For those who have not yet published their work in book form it can be a rewarding exercise. Try it ! It makes for a personal gift […]
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