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 […]
Photography in Winter
So it’s winter (sorry)… But that doesn’t mean that you don’t still want to get out and enjoy those amazing photographic opportunities! It’s a little harder to be motivated, but when you are, here are a few tips to help make your trip a little easier: 1. Keep your camera cold. It’s incredibly annoying when […]
5 Tips for Photographing Black Pets
We have two, adorable and completely (almost) black dogs, Molly & Gizmo. And man we love them! Getting a good photograph of them is surprisingly difficult though. Black tones are very difficult for your camera to pick up on and meter. Your camera has to figure out how to expose for a subject that reflects […]
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!). […]