Cameras & Camcorders

Whether you shoot nature and wildlife, architecture or people, there are principles that can be applied across all genres of photography that can help you to become a better photographer. Today in part 3 of our ‘How To Use Your Camera’ series, we’re going to try to help you find inspiration for your journey in photography. 

Have you noticed that the internet is full of these ‘One Weird Tip’ articles nowadays about how to look 20 years younger or get a six pack or give up poutine for a week? Ok I made the last one up, but seriously, if anyone has any ideas, pleeease leave a comment! Anyway, it occurred to me recently that if I had to give ‘one weird tip’ to someone who wanted to drastically improve their photography, I know exactly...

Saturday the 21st was summer solstice, the longest day of the year the official start of summer 2014. Canadians really come alive in the summer, and on these long beautiful summer days you can feel all that energy stored up over the winter. Summer is a great time to dust off that camera that’s been sitting on the shelf and get outside and make some great photos. Today I’m going to give you my top 5 tips for shooting amazing photographs this summer.

Learn how to take amazing photographs of your kids this Christmas! We've got 5 practical tips that anyone can use to make some wonderful holiday memories.

High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography has been one of the big photographic movements of recent times, and although the form has existed since the 1800s, it’s really taken on a life of it’s own since the Digital Boom.   Today I’m going to give you the ingredients and know-how you need to try some HDR for yourself.

 The 80D is the latest camera from Canon, and aside from a brand new sensor, it has a tiltable, turnable, touchscreen LCD. Video shooters are bound to love this camera, and today we’ll tell you why.

Taking great photos of a group is one of the trickiest of photographic feats. Here are some tips to help you get a better shot every time.

 HDR is a term that’s been in heavy use in the world of photography for a number of years, and we’re now seeing it crop up in relation to TV screens.   But what exactly is HDR and how do we incorporate it into our photography?

So you love photography and you’ve decided you want to push your images to the next level. Maybe you’ve had a point-and-shoot for a few years now and you’ve used it to death. Maybe you’ve found yourself looking at photographs on blogs and in magazines and thought “How can I make my images look that good?” Well chances are those images were made using a DSLR. Today I’m going to look at some of the advantages of the DSLR over the point-and-shoot, and some of the reasons why you might want to make the leap to the world of the DSLR.

If mom is the picture-taker of the family, capturing, sharing, and displaying memories, get her a Mother's Day gift to celebrate that.