Toronto Photographer :: Sometimes I get bored…
After I put Elliot down to bed tonight, I got a bit bored, and decided to do my best David Hobby impression, though I replaced the Mountain Dew with a wonderful bottle of vin rouge (eagle-eyed readers will notice the red ring symmetry, courtesy of my 85 f/1.2L mkII on the left) The setup here [...]
Toronto Photographer :: On f/stops and trigonometry
Fair warning: this is going to be a very geeky post, involving, as the title suggests, f/stops and a whole bunch of basic trigonometry. I assure you, it’s easy enough to follow (and, in my opinion, is fairly critical for any photographer to understand), but if these types of things don’t concern you, then by [...]
Toronto Photographer :: So I bought a rangefinder…
As you’ll recall, I’ve been getting more heavily into shooting film. Well, as luck would have it, my Fujica ST-801 developed a pretty nasty light leak, rendering it basically unusable. I was going to replace it with another film SLR, but I found them generally too bulky. Since my goal was to have a camera [...]
Toronto Photographer :: My Digital Photography Workflow
One of the most common questions I hear is “What is your workflow?” The issue of how to deal with digital images once they are captured seems to perplex many photographers. However, the basics of a digital photography workflow are really quite simple, and with a few fundamental principles – tweaked to meet your needs [...]
Toronto Family Photographer :: Film is Not Dead, Episode 1
Digital photography is great, and will remain the primary medium in which I work as a photographer. For me, and I suspect most others, the primary benefit of digital is not necessarily image quality (though the latest digital sensors, such as the 21MP sensor in my Canon 5DmkII, provide an incredible level of image quality), [...]
Using High-Speed Sync Flash to Overpower the Sun
Image Details: Canon 5D Mark II, 1/8000, ISO 100 Sigma 50 f/1.4 @ f3.2 Canon 580EX and 550EX, triggered camera right using Pocketwizard FlexTT5s I love flash photography. I especially love flash photography with small hot shoe flashes (Speedlites); they’re small and light, so it’s easy to carry 2 or 3 (or more!) of them [...]
A quick one on prime lenses…
Just a quick follow-up to my last post. This is why I love prime lenses. First, a photo of my son, taken at f/1.4 with the Canon 35 f/1.4L. Now, a 100% crop of the same image. Wide-open sharpness…you’ve gotta love that!
Why I love prime lenses…
As a photographer who shoots with a removable-lens camera (such as a DSLR), you have two choices in lenses: prime (or fixed-focal length) lenses or zoom lenses. The supremacy of one or the other type is a constant source of debate amongst photographers. The obvious advantage of zoom lenses is that the photographer can change [...]
Welcome to the new MF Photography Blog
Welcome to the all new blog! As you can see, we’ve made some changes to the main site (we’ve moved the whole site over to Photoshelter, which has been a super-smooth transition), and the blog has been totally revamped. We’re working on getting all of the old blog material moved back here, but for now, [...]