A Very Patient Wife

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photographer with a very patient wife

Photographer with a Very Patient Wife

What every photographer needs is a very patient wife or partner that:

  1. Puts up with the: ‘Just one more’, ‘Just a second, it’s a great light…’
  2. Understands why her husband needs to spend thousandS of dollars on toys…

Notice how she also looks in the direction of the birds that her husband is trying to make photos off? She’s not looking at …


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Photographer v. Pigeons

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Photographer v. pigeons

Photographer v. pigeons

It’s difficult to take photos while feeding the pigeons.

Many people do not like pigeons, they call them rats with wings.

Scientists are speculating that pigeons were the first bird to ever been domesticated. It has been demonstrated in studies that pigeons understand both length and time, which may explain why pigeon can always find their way home even 2,000 kilometres away. They can be …


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The Photographic Dance

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photographer doing the photographic dance

A photographer on the left doing the ‘photographic dance’

The guy on the left is using a Canon 7D with a Canon 100-400L zoom lens. He’s trying to photograph a heron behind the wooden fence without getting too much of the fence in his photo.

He’s fully zoomed at 400mm but he still couldn’t get the ‘right’ framing. He started to bend his knees and up/down …


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Must Be The Most Expensive Camera Bag

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Imelda Marcos, the wife of Ferdinand Marcos, the ex-president of the Philippine, was famous for having a closet the size of a large bedroom with the walls having 1000s of pairs of shoes, costing millions of dollars.

I’m not as bad with camera bags as Imelda Marcos was with shoes, but I can always look…

I found this bag on Amazon on August 6th: It looks like a ‘cheap …


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Same Image?

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3 photographers with the same images

Will These 3 Photographers Have The Same Images?

Will these 3 photographers have the same images? Two of these photographers are taking images at 400mm. The Nikon guy uses a 70-200mm and the TC2x. The Canon guy uses a 100-400mm. The only guy that is slightly different is the guy at the back with a 500mm and the Better Beamer on his flash.

They have the same position, the same …


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The photographers’ zoo

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A dozen of photographers trying to take photos of 3 sleepy snowy owls

A dozen of photographers trying to take photos of 3 sleepy Snowy Owls

A dozen people are trying to taking photos of 3 sleepy Snowy Owls. Their cameras range from nothing to $$$.

  • 1 guy calling his wife or girl friend and describes what he sees
  • A kid watching with binoculars
  • A lady using her iPhone
  • A lady using a small Sony point and shoot
  • A guy with a small video …

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$149 Wedding Photography: Burnaby, BC

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wedding photo for $149

$149 Wedding Photo

If you look closely, you will notice that the $149 wedding photo is a singular. Yes, the $149 is for a single wedding photo. The photographer will come to the wedding and each photo chosen by the family will be $149. It does add up very quickly. This $149 photo is an 8x10 inch print plus the digital image.

It doesn’t include any album or any …


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What’s The Best Setting For…

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The other day, somebody asked for my help. She wanted me to tell her what’s the best settings for her Canon for…

I regularly get the same question but in a different form:

  • What’s the best camera…
  • What’s the best lens…
  • What’s the best camera bag…
  • What’s the best way of using the flash remotely…

There’s no best setting for your camera, there’s …


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