Photography
Fall is here
22/09/07 20:35
Fall is most definitely here:
Purple flower
22/09/07 07:39
Little purple flower:
The death of my Canon 50 mm f 1.8 lens
01/09/07 14:06
You would hope that your lens would look like
this when not in use;
But unfortunately this (below) is how your 50 mm f 1.8 Canon lens may look like once you take thousands of pictures using it.
One day I heard a weird noise and all of a sudden the middle portion of the lens fell off its main structure.
The lens lasted something around 4 years and I certainly took more than 10 thousand pictures using it.
BTW, the picture below was taken using my new Canon 50mm f1.8
which I hope will generate as many good
pictures as its predecessor.
But unfortunately this (below) is how your 50 mm f 1.8 Canon lens may look like once you take thousands of pictures using it.
One day I heard a weird noise and all of a sudden the middle portion of the lens fell off its main structure.
The lens lasted something around 4 years and I certainly took more than 10 thousand pictures using it.
BTW, the picture below was taken using my new Canon 50mm f1.8
which I hope will generate as many good
pictures as its predecessor.
Cabo San Lucas
15/08/07 19:18
Location is everything
18/07/07 23:12
Moraine Lake
07/07/07 23:06
I think that not many places on earth are as
beautiful as Moraine
Lake.
Water level was pretty low when I was there
around mid June.
Phanfare
18/05/07 22:17
I have been experimenting with this new web
service named Phanfare.
They provide an excellent combination of Application/Web site to allow you to share pictures and videos with family and friends.
Their software is available for MACs and PCs and it will cost you US$ 59 per year to get unlimited storage for your pictures and video clips.
The software is very easy to use and feature rich.
Phanfare will let you try their system for free for 30 days.
Worth the try.
They provide an excellent combination of Application/Web site to allow you to share pictures and videos with family and friends.
Their software is available for MACs and PCs and it will cost you US$ 59 per year to get unlimited storage for your pictures and video clips.
The software is very easy to use and feature rich.
Phanfare will let you try their system for free for 30 days.
Worth the try.
Photolife
22/04/07 14:15
If you are in Canada and you like photography like I do then you most likely already know the Photolife magazine which is the top photography publication in Canada.
You find great work from Canadian and international photographers on this magazine.
They have a great article about George Webber on their latest issue.
Black and White Magazine
17/04/07 21:23
Do you like Black and White Photography?
If you do, you better check the Black and White Magazine.
This magazine brings to us superb black and white work produced by photographers from all over the world.
Right now they are running their 2008 Single Image Contest and you can submit your image until June 15, 2007.
American Photo Magazine
14/04/07 18:09
American Photo Magazine is another great magazine dedicated to photography.
I subscribe to this magazine via Zinio and I am never tired of reading the articles and seeing the pictures presented over and over again.
Photography Monthly
11/04/07 22:24
I read a lot of Photography Magazines and I can say that I have not found a publication better than the british Photography Monthly Magazine.
The articles are great and the quality of the pictures presented is superb.
Totally recommend and I am sure that this magazine will satisfy both beginners and more advanced amateurs.
The magazine is a little bit expensive here in Canada (around 9 C$) but worth the investment.
George Webber
07/04/07 08:16
George Webber is
one of the best Canadian Photographers of
all times and if you don't believe me check
his site and this presentation
about his latest book
I had the privilege of attending one of George's class at SAIT and it was just fantastic.
I had the privilege of attending one of George's class at SAIT and it was just fantastic.
Cuba
01/04/07 00:49
Kara
31/03/07 08:05
Kara is another one of the great models that I
had the opportunity of working with.
Extremely fun to work with.
Extremely fun to work with.
Travis
29/03/07 22:58
I had the pleasure of working with Travis some
time ago.
Great model!
You can buy his pictures at World of Stock
Great model!
You can buy his pictures at World of Stock
Little Duck
20/01/07 14:16
I took this one at the local Zoo some time ago.
I like the colors and the light. Just wish the face of the bird was a littler bit sharper.
I like the colors and the light. Just wish the face of the bird was a littler bit sharper.
White Woods
08/01/07 12:44
Another day in the woods.
Tooks this one during recent visit to Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.
Tooks this one during recent visit to Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.
Kananaskis
05/01/07 16:46
I know it's summer time in the south and I
thought I should offer some help to cool people
down a little bit.
This picture was taken in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.
We got some fresh snow the day before and it looked pretty cool over there.
This picture was taken in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.
We got some fresh snow the day before and it looked pretty cool over there.
The sound of silence in Havana - Cuba
19/11/06 14:41
I was standing close to her when all of a sudden
she started to play "Aquarela do Brasil".
Yellow II
03/10/05 12:13
Add color to your life
01/10/05 09:06
Winter is coming to town
30/09/05 06:33
It won't be too long before we can take pictures
like this around Alberta.
This one was taken at Lake Louise - Alberta - Canada a couple of winters ago
This one was taken at Lake Louise - Alberta - Canada a couple of winters ago
Yellow
29/09/05 06:25
It's almost Friday!
More glasses
26/09/05 22:25
A few more glasses today:
Two glasses
25/09/05 21:25
Sunday picture:
Cold bike
23/09/05 21:34
It's been a long week but Friday is finally here.
Here is today's post:
Here is today's post:
Food for thought
20/09/05 18:54
Low calories picture today
Down under
16/09/05 23:48
Opera House - Sydney - Australia
Probably the most beautiful modern city that I had the opportunity of visiting.
Totally worth the 20+ hours of travelling from where I live.
You may see sails on this picture but I see sharks. :-)
Hope to come for another visit any time soon.
Probably the most beautiful modern city that I had the opportunity of visiting.
Totally worth the 20+ hours of travelling from where I live.
You may see sails on this picture but I see sharks. :-)
Hope to come for another visit any time soon.
Following the steps
14/09/05 22:22
This picture was taken close to Tulum-Mexico.
I guess I just answered the question that I asked when I placed my previous picture. Lets see if you can figure out the answer.
I guess I just answered the question that I asked when I placed my previous picture. Lets see if you can figure out the answer.
Sunset or Sunrise?
14/09/05 22:10
Can you figure out if this picture was taken
during Sunset or Sunrise?
Let me know if you can.
This was taken in east coast of Mexico.
Let me know if you can.
This was taken in east coast of Mexico.
Close to heaven Close to heaven Close to heaven
12/09/05 22:22
I keep mentioning to people that I live close to
heaven.
Today's post is just to confirm that.
This is a place named Lake Louise and is located roughly 2 hours west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
This is how Lake Louise looks like during winter time:
And this is how Lake Louise looks like during summer time:
If these two pictures do not convince you to come for a visit, I don't know what will.
Today's post is just to confirm that.
This is a place named Lake Louise and is located roughly 2 hours west of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
This is how Lake Louise looks like during winter time:
And this is how Lake Louise looks like during summer time:
If these two pictures do not convince you to come for a visit, I don't know what will.
Where do you print your pictures?
11/09/05 23:05
As I mentioned on my previous article, printing
pictures is one of the most common and probably
easiest ways of sharing pictures with friends and
family.
There are literally hundreds of services out there that allow you to generate prints from negative, slides or digital images and all offer an huge variety of print sizes, paper type, etc.
I have tried several of these print services and now have a list of favorites that I am going to share with you:
Whenever I have a picture that I want to print for a presentation or to put behind glass I use the services of Technicare which is a shop dedicated to serve professional photographers in the west of Canada.
Technicare uses Kodak printers and a combination of Kodak Papers to deliver a very high quality product that I am sure will satisfy the most demanding photographers.
My favorite paper is the Kodak Endura Luster. You will not want to print in any other paper after giving this one a try.
Technicare will also provide you their printer's ICC profile which you can use in Adobe Photoshop to soft proof your pictures before sending them to print. Call Technicare and they will even guide you through the process of installing their order management java based software that really simplifies the process of sending pictures for printing at their labs. Even though the quality of their services is extremely high the price is very competitive and don't be surprised if you find out that the services that they provide are actually cheaper than less sophisticated competitors.
My second option in Canada is FuturePhoto which is the Photo Printing arm of FutureShop. FuturePhoto uses Kodak Royal Paper which is also pretty good and it is extremely simple to use their web site to upload the pictures that you wish to print. You can choose if you wish to pick up your prints at the closest FutureShop store or if you wish them to mail the prints to you for an extra fee. FuturePhoto does not offer a customized ICC profile for their printers but you will do just fine in 99% of the cases. I just got an email from FuturePhoto indicating that they are charging a mere C$ 0.19 for 4"x6" prints and that is probably one of the cheapest options in the west of Canada right now. If you find something cheaper than this and that delivers similar quality then please let me know. Click here to check FuturePhoto latest prices.
My third favorite printing service is Winkflash which is an american based company that provides really great prints on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper. Winkflash charges C$ 0.24 per 4"x6" print and will mail any quantity of pictures to Canada for a flat fee of C$ 2.65. I live in the west of Canada and it usually takes less than one week to receive my orders from them which I find pretty good for just
C$ 2.65. As FuturePhoto, they do not offer ICC profiles for their printers but you will do just fine in 99% of the cases. I won't probably be using Winkflash much more if FuturePhoto keeps offering competitive prices as they are right now.
There are literally hundreds of services out there that allow you to generate prints from negative, slides or digital images and all offer an huge variety of print sizes, paper type, etc.
I have tried several of these print services and now have a list of favorites that I am going to share with you:
Whenever I have a picture that I want to print for a presentation or to put behind glass I use the services of Technicare which is a shop dedicated to serve professional photographers in the west of Canada.
Technicare uses Kodak printers and a combination of Kodak Papers to deliver a very high quality product that I am sure will satisfy the most demanding photographers.
My favorite paper is the Kodak Endura Luster. You will not want to print in any other paper after giving this one a try.
Technicare will also provide you their printer's ICC profile which you can use in Adobe Photoshop to soft proof your pictures before sending them to print. Call Technicare and they will even guide you through the process of installing their order management java based software that really simplifies the process of sending pictures for printing at their labs. Even though the quality of their services is extremely high the price is very competitive and don't be surprised if you find out that the services that they provide are actually cheaper than less sophisticated competitors.
My second option in Canada is FuturePhoto which is the Photo Printing arm of FutureShop. FuturePhoto uses Kodak Royal Paper which is also pretty good and it is extremely simple to use their web site to upload the pictures that you wish to print. You can choose if you wish to pick up your prints at the closest FutureShop store or if you wish them to mail the prints to you for an extra fee. FuturePhoto does not offer a customized ICC profile for their printers but you will do just fine in 99% of the cases. I just got an email from FuturePhoto indicating that they are charging a mere C$ 0.19 for 4"x6" prints and that is probably one of the cheapest options in the west of Canada right now. If you find something cheaper than this and that delivers similar quality then please let me know. Click here to check FuturePhoto latest prices.
My third favorite printing service is Winkflash which is an american based company that provides really great prints on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper. Winkflash charges C$ 0.24 per 4"x6" print and will mail any quantity of pictures to Canada for a flat fee of C$ 2.65. I live in the west of Canada and it usually takes less than one week to receive my orders from them which I find pretty good for just
C$ 2.65. As FuturePhoto, they do not offer ICC profiles for their printers but you will do just fine in 99% of the cases. I won't probably be using Winkflash much more if FuturePhoto keeps offering competitive prices as they are right now.
How do you share your pictures?
10/09/05 23:09
I believe that if you are reading this article it
is probably because you are interested in
photography and chances
are that you have been taking tons of
pictures using either your film or digital camera and that
you have been sharing the pictures you take
with Friends and Family.
There are several great ways of sharing your pictures and the easiest solution is usually printing a few copies to give out. There is also the option of quickly emailing some pictures out but it may be wise to use some sort of software that allows you to better automate the process of sharing pictures when you need to handle a reasonably large collection of pictures.
I have been using FotoAlbum Pro for that purpose for a couple of years and I highly recommend using it in combination with FotoTime's web site.
FotoAlbum Pro allows you to create offline albums that can be synchronized with FotoTime's online albums for easy sharing with friends and family.
FotoAlbum takes care of resizing/compressing pictures before publishing them to your online Albums and offers great features such as archiving your pictures to CD/DVD and keeping only the thumbnails in your Hard Disk for future reference. Support is also very effective and pretty quick in answering any questions that you may have.
It will cost you US$ 23.95 to get a one year Fototime.com subscription and that includes 500 Megabytes of Disk Space to share your pictures and video and a free version of the Foto Album software.
You pay an extra US$ 19.95 to upgrade to Foto Album Pro.
There are several great ways of sharing your pictures and the easiest solution is usually printing a few copies to give out. There is also the option of quickly emailing some pictures out but it may be wise to use some sort of software that allows you to better automate the process of sharing pictures when you need to handle a reasonably large collection of pictures.
I have been using FotoAlbum Pro for that purpose for a couple of years and I highly recommend using it in combination with FotoTime's web site.
FotoAlbum Pro allows you to create offline albums that can be synchronized with FotoTime's online albums for easy sharing with friends and family.
FotoAlbum takes care of resizing/compressing pictures before publishing them to your online Albums and offers great features such as archiving your pictures to CD/DVD and keeping only the thumbnails in your Hard Disk for future reference. Support is also very effective and pretty quick in answering any questions that you may have.
It will cost you US$ 23.95 to get a one year Fototime.com subscription and that includes 500 Megabytes of Disk Space to share your pictures and video and a free version of the Foto Album software.
You pay an extra US$ 19.95 to upgrade to Foto Album Pro.
Playing with water
07/09/05 23:41
My local photography club
September's theme was water. That led me to
explore a few possibilities that I will be
sharing with you over the next few days. I
am also experimenting with posting a link to
a picture that is posted on Flickr. Let me know if
you like this picture or if you have any
suggestions.
Flickr
26/08/05 06:42
I have been using Flickr for a little
while now and i have to confess that I love it.
Great user interface, great services, great
discussions, great tools.
This is a test to see if I can show some of my flickr pictures on this blog:
This is a test to see if I can show some of my flickr pictures on this blog:
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Canon 5D officially announced
22/08/05 18:19
Canon has
officially announced the 5D
Camera which will sell for aproximately US$
3.5K and that will offer a full frame sensor and
12.8 megapixel as its main features.
Sample pictures and Specifications are available at Canon's Japanese Web site.
There's also some information at Canon's North American Site.
Sample pictures and Specifications are available at Canon's Japanese Web site.
There's also some information at Canon's North American Site.
