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Olympus Passion Photography Magazine – April 2024!
My Passion for the great outdoors
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How I capture life
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Everyone and Everything has a story to tell
My BackgroundA little background on myself before we dig into my take on the passion we all love. I was born in Budapest, Hungary and emigrated to the United States at a young age with my family to seek a life in the land of opportunity. Although I grew up…
Less is more – Lightweight and mobile with the Olympus XZ-2 and E-M5
Introduction Professionally I work in a creative field but around 3 years ago, I started pursuing photography myself, and it has turned into an obsession. I find genres can be limiting but let’s say I am focused on travel and event photography. I sell some of my images via EyeEm…
Going Light – Micro Four-Thirds in Africa
My timing seems to be perfect. About 20 years ago my eyes started needing glasses. Along came really capable autofocus. Shortly after that, good slide film was getting expensive to shoot. Along came good digital. Last year, my shoulders were getting tired of hauling around big boy cameras and the…
Beautiful portraits using only natural light and the M.Zuiko 45mm F1.8
Jose Fernández-Ark (Murcia, Spain, 1990) graduated in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Murcia in 2016. In 2017, he completed a master’s degree in film direction at ESCAC (School of Film and Audiovisuals of Catalonia), where he was selected by ESCAC FILMS among the best students of his class and…
A trip to Japan with the OM-D E-M1 MkII: first impressions as a travel camera
Introduction As explained in another piece for Olympus Passion, published in the 7th edition of the monthly magazine, I recently took the plunge and semi moved over to using the OM-D system full time. I still use a Canon 5DMkIV for larger commercial work. But for all my sport and…
E-M5 family
Assumptions, Photography and the Micro Four-Thirds System
About three years ago, renowned wedding photographer Bradley Hanson wrote this magnificent piece on assumptions and misconceptions in Photography, to be published in the very first edition of our monthly magazine. Since that time, much has changed in the Photography industry, new technological advances have been introduced, and several new pieces of equipment launched. But, in essence, Photography remains exactly the same, and this article is more current than ever.…
April issue
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Premium articles
Premium/ Passion for Outdoor and Wildlife Photography – Interview with Torjan Haaland
In the four years of existence of Olympus Passion, we have done dozens of interviews, but this time we wanted you to be asking the questions. We launched this challenge for our Premium subscribers, who promptly sent an interesting series of highly relevant questions. This time, we have the honour…
Premium/ Panning photography of nature
My name is Mikkel Due Andersen. I am 43 years old and an all things nature photographer from Denmark. I live on the amazing rock island of Bornholm, where you can find the most diverse nature in the country with loads of beautiful landscapes. I work as a primary school…
Premium/ It’s the Little Things
Arthropods comprise 80% of Earth’s fauna. An estimated one million species of insects, arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans make up this category. They’re everywhere, yet they’re often overlooked. Through my photography, I highlight the beauty, intricacy, and importance of these tiny creatures. I’ve always been interested in visual arts, I’ve always…
Visual Stories
Prague: The city of thousands of spires
Living in Prague for 25 years, Martin Pavinger knows the city as the back of his hands, therefore, over this time he had the opportunity to discover the best spots…
An old soul
Milan Degraeve loves everything that is old, all the vintage stuff, because he can sense the amount of work that went into making these products with the few resources they…
Pietà
Summer holidays are over, and I need to get into “work mode”. For that, nothing better than a weekend in the region of Lousã, in Portugal. A mountainous area, with…
Walking and photographing
Walking is not only good for your health, it allows us to think about things, or nothing, listen to music, listen to nature and, why not, also be an opportunity…
Everyday Magic
Preface:If we think about the photo albums at our parents’ house and what they felt important to record for future memory, we certainly won’t find epic photos of distant places or cheetahs running at high speed after their prey. We will find childhood memories, birthday parties, family gatherings. We laugh…
Soul of the Ocean
We have always had a special affection for print editions. Books and magazines materialise the photographs in proper physical support, making it possible to appreciate them properly. Hard drives fail, other media is obsolete (who does even remember the Iomega Zip drive?), but the paper is (practically) eternal, noble, has…
Nikolaos L. Zagas – Award Winner Sports Photographer
Hi Nikos! Could you start by introducing yourself to the readers? I was born and raised on one of the most beautiful Greek islands, Corfu. From an early age I saw my older brother doing sports and I loved sports too. In the age of 15 my family moved to…
My Take On Street Photography
Hello! My name is Hansae Lee. I am a student photographer from South Korea, currently based and studying in Singapore. The first time I was introduced to photography was somewhere around 2014, when I was on Instagram one day and came across a photographer who specialized in ‘minimalism’ photography. I…
Our common languade is photography
My name is Battal Kaya, I’m 53 years old and I’m from Istanbul, Turkey. I’ve been interested in photography since I was 16 years old. In 1983, I bought some photography books and a Zenit-E, which were my introduction to photography. Zenit-E was a functional device compared to its price…
Portrait Passion with the E-M1 Mark II by Olympus Visionary Tracie Maglosky
(This interview was originally published in issue #1 of the Olympus Passion magazine which you can download HERE.) Hi Tracie! Thank you for this opportunity. We’re happy to have you here for this interview. Could you start with an introduction to our readers? My name is Tracie Maglosky and I…
Portrait Passion with the E-M1 Mark II by Olympus Visionary Tracie Maglosky
(This interview was originally published in issue #1 of the Olympus Passion magazine which you can download HERE.) Hi Tracie! Thank you for this opportunity. We’re happy to have you…
Perfect light
My name is Andrea Lazzarelli, I am 60 years old, and I am a passionate Italian amateur photographer. I live in Traversetolo, a town in the province of Parma, at…
No one will see the world the way you see it
Hi everyone, my name is Andreas Tornberg and I’m a self-taught portrait photographer based in Uppsala/Stockholm, Sweden. I work as a legal counselor within the financial industry, but I try…
Shoot locally and be creative!
My name is Kevin Hugo and I live in a small town in the Wiltshire countryside in the UK. I started taking photographs when I was given my first camera…
Bird photography
My name is Marco Lazzarelli, and I live in Traversetolo, a town in the hills of Parma – Emilia Romagna, Italy. My hobbies are photography in nature, and trail and…
On Assignment with Olympus Mirrorless – The Nature Conservancy of Kansas
I was facing a dilemma. Not a big deal, as I did have a fall-back position. The Nature Conservancy in Kansas had given me an assignment to photograph a couple…
A dream come true
Barbara always wanted a big and loud family, and this dream came true. The next is to turn Photography, her passion, into a full-time job. And it seems to us…
Lives captured in parts of a second
My name is Cliff Harvey. I’m a 77 year old American expat, living in England. My first ‘proper’ camera was a Pentax Spotmatic with the standard 50mm lens. I bought…
Olympus into Art
Hi everyone, my name is Brad Hedgman, an enthusiastic amateur photographer from Australia, and enthusiastic Olympus user. Maybe some of you read my feature in Olympus Passion magazine, Issue #37…
Miniature Subjects, Maximum Impact
Hello! My name is Laura Hicks. I am an Olympus Visionary with Olympus North America. I am a portrait and wedding photographer and have owned my own photography business in…
Straight talk about the State of Photography
Many thanks Joe for this opportunity! It is with immense pleasure that we interview you today. For the (few) who still do not know you, could you start by introducing…
My style with Olympus
Darrell fell in love with photography while reading National Geographic magazines. At the age of 24, he started taking photography seriously, and when he was introduced to the off-camera flash,…
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