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focal length: 28 mm (on a Sony NEX-5)
shutter speed: 1/250
aperture: f/11
ISO: 200
flash: none
I created this panorama on a recent trip to Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia with my new travelling camera, the Sony NEX-5 with 18-55mm lens that has a great in-camera panorama shooting mode. After just a few slight adjustments for colour [...]

focal length: 50 mm (on a Nikon D50)
shutter speed: 1/80
aperture: f/1.4
ISO: 400
flash: none
Don’t be afraid to get up-close and personal with your subject, as long as they don’t mind, of course. Just be mindful with your focusing, especially if you’re shooting wide open as I did for this shot. Take advantage of your shallow [...]

focal length: 70 mm (on full frame)
shutter speed: 1/200
aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 320
flash: none
The OAC Photo Club met up for a photo wander at Britannia Heritage Shipyard in Richmond the other day. I really loved all the textures of the buildings and the pretty blue sky was a bonus.

focal length: 24 mm (on full frame)
shutter speed: 1/30
aperture: f/3.2
ISO: 2000
flash: none
From my last post, you may remember that I don’t carry a tripod with me when I travel, which makes night photography very difficult. For this image, I set my camera on a stone fence facing Victoria’s Inner Harbour and played around with [...]

focal length: 24 mm (on full frame)
shutter speed: 1/80
aperture: f2.8
ISO: 1250
flash: none
Our lovely parliament building in Victoria, BC. Night photography is challenging when you don’t have a tripod on hand. My settings are less than ideal but I think the image still turned out nicely.