We have all encountered them. Maybe you are even one of them. I have two of them in my family and they can be very challenging to photograph. I am talking about “blinkers”: those people who always seem to have their eyes closed in photographs when a flash is used. It’s nothing they do on […]
Tag: Canon
Canon Inc. is a Japanese multinational corporation that specialises in optics, imaging and other industrial and electronic equipment. It is well known for its cameras, lenses and printers.
Canon’s precision optical instruments laboratory in Japan date back to 1933. During its early years, it did not have facilities to manufacture its own optical glasses for its lenses and so its early cameras used lenses that incorporated Nikkor lenses.
Canon introduced its nigh end SLRs and FD lenses in 1971 and their first inkjet printer in 1985. Currently canon has a huge range of digital cameras, lenses, the best inkjet printers and many other electronic equipment.
What a huge week we’ve had here in the wide world of photography, and Toad Hollow Photography has been very busy compiling this very comprehensive list of tutorials, great photography and interesting blogs to share. You will find some great links here taking you off to see some fabulous works by some truly talented people. […]
Almost every photographer gets asked this question at least once a week (and often much more). “What camera do you recommend for somebody who is into photography, but doesn’t want a full DSLR?” There are a huge group of aspiring photographers who are into photography enough to want professional looking images or a bit more […]
I remember my first digital camera as if it was yesterday, a Nikon Coolpix 775, 2.1 glorious megapixels that was going to forever change my life. At the time in fall of 2001, this camera cost well over $300, nearly what I paid for my used Canon EOS A2 film camera a year earlier! It […]
Some people are technical learners, able to learn with a mathematical approach. Some others, including myself, don’t take to that technical approach very well. When I make an exposure, I begin with the subjective idea or the impact I want to create, and then think about the technique that will produce that impact, a moment […]
There is a long standing convention in photography that if a building has straight sides, then that is how it should look in a photograph. Almost any textbook you pick up about photography (especially architectural photography) will mention and stress this point. Now, while making sure your verticals are vertical is a skill any photographer […]
