PPOC Exposure 2015

 By RoyceHowland

PPOC Exposure 2015 “Some Play It Cool. Some Like it Hot”
The Professional
Photographers of Canada, Alberta Central Branch, present an exhibit of
photographic art that celebrates both winter and warmth. So whether you
want to chill out or bring the heat, we have you covered. If you really
like what you see, some of the works will be available for sale.

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Canon Pixma Pro-1 Printer Review Part 1 – Choosing a Printer

 By Bill Peters

Selecting a printer is both a technical decision and a very personal,even artistic decision. On the artistic side, will the printer you
choose give your work wings or will stand in your way? Now – only you
can say that for sure but it might help you to reflect on both my
technical analysis and my feelings as I selected a printer.

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2015 Wedding Summit Schedule

 By Evelyn Drake

The 2015 Wedding Summit is Feb. 7-8th, 2015. Passes for an entire weekend of seminars including a keynote by Denis Reggie are $189 + GST. Click this post to check out the complete schedule.

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Looking At Images #2

 By George Barr

We were attending our daughter’s graduation and decided it might be fun to stay on Granville Island in the heart of Vancouver. Alison and I were just walking around, looking for images to make. There were stores and stalls, fruit stands and boats, ship’s propellors and lots of characters, as well as a scattering of rust and water.

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Looking At Images

 By George Barr

Thisis Bill. Bill is a working rancher. William Allard (of National
Geographic fame) was in Calgary to lead a workshop by The Camera
Store that I had signed up for. Bill asked why I would want to attend
a workshop at my age and with my experience, but I was feeling a bit
stale and the idea of shooting people instead of rocks and rust, of
working with someone more spontaneous and probably flexible than
myself was appealing – and the workshop did that for me in spades.

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The Widowmaker, Kananaskis River

 By George Barr

I made this image in early September of this year. I was using my new Pentax 645Z and had a 35 mm lens and a 75 but nothing in between. I made a vertical composition and then wanted to include more to each side, without adding extra top and bottom, so it just made sense to do a stitch, even though at 51 megapixels, I didn’t really need the extra resolution. Switching to the 35 would have included a lot more.

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