Shallow depth-of-field can be an important technique used to achieve good subject separation in a wide range of photographic genres. Wedding, portrait, nature and macro photography are some of the common areas where shallow depth-of-field is often desired from a creative standpoint.
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Mid-March Birding
Mid-March birding can be a bit of a challenge in Southern Ontario since the spring bird migration is only in its earliest phase with robins and grackles starting to arrive. We are left with a limited number of species… many of which some folks do not find particularly exciting to photograph. Birds like Canada geese, gulls, fairly common ducks, swans, and small species like sparrows and chickadees.
M.Zuiko 14-150 mm f/4-5.6 II Review
The M.Zuiko 14-150 mm f/4-5.6 II zoom lens is a wonderfully flexible piece of kit that is sometimes undervalued by folks. This article provides some first hand insights on this lens. These are based on some time using this lens, observing my wife using it in the field, and working in post with files produced with it. We’ve owned this lens for over 4 years and have found it to be reliable, and a joy to use.
Dealing With Noise
Dealing with noise is one of those inevitable things that almost all photographers face to some degree with their work. Folks who primarily shoot indoors under controlled lights in a studio can create as much light as they need for the subjects being photographed. So, they are less prone to worry about noise in their images.
Those of us who shoot in less controlled environments, like dark indoor settings or outdoors, may have to deal with noise on a fairly regular basis.
Governors Bay Jetty
Towards the end of our latest trip to New Zealand we visited the Governors Bay Jetty as we explored parts of the Banks Peninsula.
Translations Are Now Available
We are pleased to announce that website translations for the articles on our photography blog are now available in a wide variety of languages .
Nikon 1 Gear For Sale
A long time friend of mine has some Nikon 1 gear for sale. Since this website has a good number of Nikon 1 owners who visit here regularly, I offered to give my friend some exposure here to help him with his sales efforts.
Bird Kingdom Outtakes
This article features a selection of Bird Kingdom outtakes that were captured during an earlier visit when I was creating images for my 1200mm EFOV Test article. Photographing birds at an indoor facility with a equivalent field-of-view of 1200mm has some limitations, not the least of which is finding subject birds at suitable distances.
Must Have Myths
The internet is full of must have myths, and this is particularly true when it comes to photography gear and related equipment. I can’t speak for other folks, but some of the worst photographic purchases I’ve made were based on must have recommendations that I got from other people. Of course the ultimate blame for those purchase errors lies with me… for having followed ill-advised suggestions.
New OMDS Products
This short posting shares some links from a number of sources that discuss new OMDS products for 2025. As regular readers know, this is not a camera gear review site and we do not do reviews of equipment that we do not actually own and use.