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Photography Business – The Print

April 17, 2019 by Mike

People have been asking me how to improve their photography business, simple it comes down to the print! The past couple of weeks I have had a chance to sit down with a number of photographers. I have been hearing a lot of the same things from these people and I thought that it would …

Lethbridge River Bottom

February 4, 2019March 6, 2018 by Mike

The Lethbridge river bottom, lots of shoots close to home. Staying home can be a good thing some days!

March 4, 2018 saw me needing to get out and take some pictures and after a huge dump of snow the Lethbridge river bottom seemed like a good place that was close enough to home to get to.

The good thing with shooting close to home is that if the subjects are not cooperating you have not spent a lot of time and money driving. The other nice thing is that you can go back easily if you find a sweet spot. Sometimes we just feel that if we are not driving a long distance that it is not as exciting.

Male Pheasant in The Lethbridge River Bottom — Male Pheasant – The Lethbridge River Bottom

Color Balance – Printing

February 5, 2019November 1, 2017 by Mike

Getting that amazing shot, color balance — Secrets to getting that amazing shot

Today I want to address a little about color balance. I’m not talking about corrections that we make to our photos to make them look more natural. Or corrections that we do to enhance the colors to make them look more pleasing to the eye. Things such as warming the color of an image. I am talking about color balance as it effects the print that we hang on the wall.

Humidity – not just another number :-)

February 5, 2019January 17, 2017 by Mike

Many things in life amuse me, many you really do not want to know. But this last cold snap I got amused by of all things humidity….. or in my case lack of humidity!!!!

Humidstat to measure humidity — Humidistat © Paterson Photography Ltd. Lethbridge

Focus Test Chart

February 23, 2019December 30, 2016 by Mike

This is a repost of the focus test chart. I have people that are looking for the test sheet and wanted to bring it back up front.

Catch up time

One of the great things about this time of the year, especially when it is a blizzard, is that I have time to catch up on projects. Yesterday after a shoot I did some research on doing a focus test on my lens and came across a great video about a different way of checking the focus on your lenses. Now before I go any further let me say a couple things; one is that not all cameras can do what I am going to describe in that you can adjust the focus yourself and two I am not recommending the guy that is doing the video (I only watched this one that he did and it looks like he has done dozens) other than this is the best video that describes how to do a lens focus check that I have seen and it is explained perfectly.

Getting an amazing shot

March 27, 2018June 29, 2015 by Mike

I’ve been involved with photography for over 30 years, and even with all the modern technology of digital cameras, editing programs, and all of the information that can be found on the Internet there are still some issues with photography that have been with us for years. One of the top 10 questions I get …