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Olympus Passion Photography Magazine – September 2024!
Printed magazine – Issue 10
My Passion for Bird Photography – Through the Lens to Serenity
Revealing hidden worlds through macro photography
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Through the eyes of unrelated twins: Comparing the M.Zuiko 17mm F1.8 with the Leica 15mm F1.7
I am Sebastian Strasser, a 35-year old biomedical scientist from Salzburg, Austria. When the guys from Olympus Passion asked me to write an article about two very similar lenses, I was stoked and immediately agreed. In the following text, I will do my best to summarize my personal experiences without…
PEN-F: Unleashing the Beast
My name is Eduardo Marquez and I live on the sunny island of Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Originally from Argentina, my father and I settled on the island back in 1989 after living in Latin America for the first 15 years of my life. My first contact with photography was…
Photos of Everyday Life – Olympus PEN-F
My name is Sam Thompson, and I work as a management accountant for a utility company in Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands just off the coast of France. It is a small island of 65,000 people. I was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1961, the youngest of three…
Apple Mac Mini M1 for photographers – A compact but powerful workstation
Hello! My name is Rikard Landberg (@landberg on Instagram), and I mostly shoot documentary projects. During the pandemic, most of my projects are on hold and instead, I have been photographing my family. I use an E-M1 MarkII with two lenses, 12mm f/2 and 17mm f/1.8. Enough about cameras. Now…
Don’t hate the kit lens
In April 2015 I bought the Olympus OM-D E-M10 which came with the Olympus 14-42mm EZ pancake zoom as a kit lens. I was absolutely amazed when I saw the size of the lens. It is small, portable and decently built lens and when mounted makes the Olympus OM-D…
E-M5 family
Going North – Exploring the Nordic Light
About the Author I am a Full-Time professional landscape and time-lapse photographer focusing on Northern Europe, leading photo tours with an emphasis on the Nordic Light. Nordic Light is the most incredible light I have ever seen. It has generated in me a boundless passion which is a huge privilege to share with others how […]
September issue
Premium articles
Premium/ If you could only choose one lens to use for the rest of your life, what would it be?
If you could only choose one focal length to use for the rest of your life, what would it be? But let me start the story from the beginning, with the succession of events that led me to debate this issue now. Being in our plans for some time, last…
Premium/ The true face of sport
Davey Wilson is an award-winning commercial, sports and documentary photographer published in The Rugby Journal, Pro Cycling Magazine, Velo News and online at Cycling Tips and many more. Wilson served as team photographer for the Axel Merckx-helmed Hagens Berman Axeon Cycling Team and Utah Warriors (Major League Rugby), as well…
Premium/ Video | Meet the person behind the camera: Chris Corradino
Chris Corradino is the founder and lead instructor at the New Zealand Photo School. Having started his career as a photojournalist, Chris now devotes most of his time to teaching as a photography instructor and workshop leader. His passion for nature, travel, and the outdoors took him to locations such…
Visual Stories
Behind “The Root”
Hi Manuel! Could you please introduce yourself? Hi, my name is Manuel Viera, and I’m the founder of the ‘theroot‘, which is my creative project. I’m from Spain, I live in Seville (Andalucía), and I work as a Cloud Operations Manager. Do you have any hobby? What do you like…
CONTRAST: Photography & Stories from the Road, by Jacob Vincent Ball
For the loyal followers of the Olympus Passion project, the name Jacob Vincent Ball resonates with a sense of globetrotting photographic excellence. Over the past few years, Ball has become synonymous with his faithful companion, the Olympus OM-D E-M5 (the original Mark I), as he embarked on a remarkable journey…
The Cycling Photographer
OK, before we start, I have a confession to make… I am currently “The Injured Cycling Photographer” but such is life and I’ll be back on the bike soon. Having moved back to Dorset (my county of birth) in 2012 after setting myself up as an IT Project specialist, I…
Cuba and Olympus
Havana, Cuba, 2017. I feel like I have stepped into some 1950’s film noir. My hotel has an outdoor terrace that leads into the lobby, very old-world, cool, with lots of marble, old polished wood, a piano, small bar, and a set of elevators. Over the elevator doors, the arrows…
Invisibles
Everything happened after seeing on social media a photograph of an abandoned dog in a shelter of an association. It was a low quality image and it was evident that it was made by someone with the best intentions but without photographic knowledge. What really attracted my attention was the…
Doing beautiful portraits and other subjects with Olympus
Hi there, my name is Winfried Hermann. I’m German, I grew up in South Baden, close to the Swiss border and live now in Bavaria, near Munich. I’m 61 years old, married, and the father of a daughter. I work as a photographer – mainly passport photos, application pictures and…
Professional Wedding Photography using the Olympus E-M1
I’ve been using mirrorless or ‘Compact System’ cameras (CSCs) in…
Meghan McCabe – Olympus Ambassador from South Africa
Hello Meghan, thank you so much for all your availability…
Nenets People – Extreme Travel Photography with Olympus E-M1 MkII (Part 2)
Herd The reindeer which they keep in their brigade are…
The Olympus E-M1X was officially announced
The long-awaited E-M1X has been officially announced! Many of the…
Nikolaos L. Zagas – Award Winner Sports Photographer
Hi Nikos! Could you start by introducing yourself to the…
GRAIN Magazine Stories
The anticipation of the result is on par with the moment itself
The anticipation of the result is on par with the…
GRAIN is a quarterly photography digital magazine, for contemporary photographers with analog souls.