March’s Exposed! Photo Newsletter was sent out yesterday to Ottawa and many readers far, far away.

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The recent photography newsletter explores the idea of decent photos vs spectacular photos encouraging you to expand your creativity.

Want more spectacular? The first step is to read the article:

Fire Up Your Creativity!

Creative Photo Ideas

September’s Exposed! Newsletter was delivered today.

Ansel Adams, renowned large format landscape photographer, declared “Twelve significant photographs in any one year is a good crop.”

Twelve good photos? In one year? That’s not many!

Adams is referring to the slow, methodical style of work that results in his exquisite quality photos. His fine art photos often took weeks or months to develop and execute. Other styles of photography, such as photojournalism, rely on a high quantity of fine photos to portray an event.

High Quantity – Fine Event or Wedding Photos

In this edition of Exposed! we look at these two different styles: aiming for one significant quality photo or shooting a quantity of fine event photos…

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Read the whole article. 

High Quality of a Stock or Fine Art Photo

July’s installment of the Exposed! photo Newsletter merrily flew around the world this morning.

Exposed! Advanced Exposure Techniques

The man ahead of me at the commercial photo lab lamented the dreary weather that caused his dull winter arctic photos. He had shot some beautifully desolate snow scenes.

Sadly, I could see his ‘dull photos caused by dreary weather’ were actually all underexposed.

Accomplished, self taught hobby photographers with years of photo experience often miss learning the intricacies of exposure.

So, in this edition of Exposed! we delve into intricacies and creative opportunities of exposure …

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Mastering Creative Exposures

The temperature has plummeted where we work – just north of Ottawa in Chelsea, Quebec – to depths I haven’t seen in a few years. Without wind chill Environment Canada has projected lows down to -40C this week! Celsius or farenheit does not make much difference at that level.

At these temperatures it is still possible to be active and comfortable outside shooting. It takes some extra planning and proper use of insulating layers. Read Warm Photos from Winter’s Cold for some cool weather shooting tips.

There is no sign of warm weather coming – take photos, stay warm!

Harry

Some miscellaneous notes today:

1. The monthly Exposed! Newsletter comes out this week – “Wise words from working photographers.” Stay tuned.

2. Also just confirming final details of the sports photography workshop that will complete the winter photography workshop lineup.

3. I got an email from veteran photographer Anthony Scullion who is selling some fine photo equipment including:

• 2 x Nikon F5 and a lens
• Hasselblad gear
• lighting equipment

Contact him directly at scullion@magma.ca

4. And as a rookie pond hockey player I am happy the weather is getting cool:Ottawa 67s hockey

Harry

Our monthly newsletter, ‘Exposed!‘ is going out today – we discuss “Passion in Portraits“:

“… Many of my Natural Light Portraits students fall into the same trap. They are so stressed about getting the right light, location and composition that they forget they are working with a living, breathing, emotional creature. Their portraits often mimic a lifeless boulder in a desert landscape…”

The article illustrates pitfalls of portraiture with tales from the studio! To receive ‘Exposed!’ automatically – sign up above, right.

There is also new work at ChelseaGallery.ca – some renovations going on at the site, too!

Football at ChelseaGallery.ca

Have Fun,

Harry

It’s quiz day! The first reasonably close answer will win a 6×9 print of their choice from ChelseaGallery.ca

The question:

It’s photo detective time. How was the following photo taken? It was shot at 100 iso in a fully sunny location. Specifically:

1. What was the shutter speed used to capture the motion of the swing photo?
2. What was the approximate aperture?
3. Where was the camera?

Send answers to Harry@HarryNowell.com Only the winner will be contacted. Answer will be posted next week!

Need help?
Review the recent Exposed! article “Catching Superman.” Sign up to receive Exposed! at the top of this page.

Need more help?!
Consider the Creative Fundamentals Photo Workshop this September!

Good luck,

Harry