Black & White Photography Contest FINALISTS
Announcing our FINALISTS: Black & White Photography We’re thrilled to be announcing the finalists for our Black & White ALUMNI Photography Contest! Check out our top 15 AMAZING entries below! Shot by Dan Ross: Up close and personal with exotic bark at the Calgary Zoo 1/160 sec at f 8.0, 200 mm, ISO 200 […]
What it takes to “go pro”
For many of us, photography is a fantastic hobby. We just love to spend our days traveling to great locations around our cities, provinces, countries and world to take memories, capture incredible scenes and generally photograph great moments. But for other’s of us, this hobby often morphs into something more. We want to take it […]
What We’ve Learnt From Our Best Students
We love all of our amazing students here at LPC. And we do truly mean this – we’re not just saying it. Each of the people who come to our classes have made a contentious effort to learn a new skill – to join a class full of strangers – to trust in a company […]
3 Tips to Better Use Your Tripod
1. Turn off your image stabilization. This actually relates to your lens/camera and not your actual tripod. Image stabilization is a small motor that runs in either your lens (typically) or your camera body to help balance out the natural movement in your hands when you shoot hand-held. It’s great for shooting hand-held, but when […]
Getting to Know Your Lenses
So James & I have just been fortunate enough to take our daughter Charlotte to Hong Kong. Not sure if you can see the resemblance, but James’ family is most definitely Hong Kong (well Chinese) in descent, so we’ve had a great time seeing family again and exploring the city. One thing that we love […]
5 Best Enthusiast Advanced DSLR Cameras
Best Cameras for the Advanced Photo Enthusiast So we’ve received a lot of feedback about our choice for the 5 BEST beginner SLR cameras, as well as our choice for the 5 WORST beginner SLR cameras. While not everybody agrees with our ratings, at least we are generating discussion (and that’s never a bad thing!). […]