Photography Tips

Pascal Parent on May 13th, 2011

Photo-walking is one of the ways I am forcing myself to pick up my camera and go to “make” photos as opposed to sit at my desk working. There are pros and cons to going photo-walking. The pros outweigh the cons every time. So why do it? Mark Straw, one of the men behind the [...]

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Pascal Parent on December 29th, 2010

I have been asked recently how I handle my photography workflows, the truth is I have more than one depending on the type of photography I do, so I decided to give the most complete and comprehensive version. I do not always go through every step as some steps may not be valid for the [...]

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Pascal Parent on August 28th, 2010

I would never venture on telling anyone what camera to buy, but it’s odd how many times I get that question…
So here is a personal opinion aimed at the first camera buyers or at those thinking they are ready to leap to the world of the SLR.

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Pascal Parent on July 25th, 2010

This weekend I decided to do some studio photographs for my business cards and ended up, wildlife hunting in the studio, the results where rather interesting…

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Pascal Parent on July 22nd, 2010

I was recently in the Kapama Private Game Reserve for a 4 day wildlife shoot. I feel I need to share my experiences of that shoot.

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Pascal Parent on July 16th, 2010

In the days of film, there was only tree things that a photographer had to worry about once the film was inserted. These were how many shots do I have left, getting the exposure and aperture right and getting a beautiful photograph goes without saying but this is a technical post and we will forgo the actual photograph framing, beauty and quality for a while.

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