A Real Life Painting at Ocean Beach – The story behind the picture
a body cap lens project
Olympus Passion Photography Magazine – April 2025!
Olympus PEN-F thumb grip fix
Exploring the Wild – Interview with Nicolas Fragiacomo
Olympus Passion Photography Magazine – March 2025!
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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…
The Olympus E-M5 Mark III was officially announced
The long-awaited replacement of the E-M5 Mark II was finally announced by Olympus! February 2012: E-M5 February 2015: E-M5 Mark II October 2019: E-M5 Mark III The specs had already been leaked a few weeks ago and are now confirmed: 4 Megapixel High-Speed Live MOS Sensor TruePicTM VIII image-processing engine…
Photographing Butterflies with the Olympus 40-150mm f2.8
The macro capabilities of the Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 are eye-opening. Coupled with the OMD E-M1, I was able to capture sharp, colorful butterfly images at the Sweetbriar Nature Center. BTW, if you haven’t been here, they do amazing work to care for and rehabilitate wildlife. Sue volunteered there for a…
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…
Full Frame vs Micro 4-3 Revisited with Pro Olympus Lens
Months ago I shot a head to head comparison with my OMD E-M10 and a Canon 6D. In that test, the 6D image was clearly sharper, but the lens used on the E-M10 was not necessarily known for its quality (17mm f2.8). Many readers on the 43rumors site mentioned the…
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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/ M.Zuiko 8-25mm F4 PRO – My First Impressions
When the new 8-25mm f4 PRO lens arrived from Olympus, I was intrigued how it would compare to the amazing 7-14mm f2.8 PRO lens, and why they would release a lens that is very similar albeit slower. Read on for my first impressions… I have been using the 7-14mm PRO…
Premium/ Atmosphere and Mood – A step-by-step tutorial for your post-processing
IntroductionI am honored to once again contribute my work, and this time a little insight into the whole process from the very RAW beginning to the final photo going out into the world. I’m Anna, a recreational photographer who strives to capture the everyday moments, mostly coffee, people and their…
Premium/ The “1917”
Hi guys, I am honored to be asked to write about our photo essay called “1917”.I got the idea for the photoshoot from the model, Rosa, who got her father’s old uniform. She asked me if I would be interested to do a photoshoot with her, and if we could…
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…
E-M5 family
The magic of seeing images appear on paper
My name is Daniel Antunes, and I was born in Lisbon 58 years ago. My interest in photography was born in my teens, influenced by my father, who also photographed and developed the rolls of film at home. It was the fascination of the hardware, how it worked, the magic of seeing images appearing on […]
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…
Shooting land and seascapes with the E-M1 MarkII and the E-M5 MarkII
Hello Phil! Could you tell us a bit about yourself and how did you get into Photography? I was always…
A Real Life Painting at Ocean Beach – The story behind the picture
Lands End Lookout and Everywhere Around ItSunsets on the west side of the city are hard to beat, especially when…
April issue
Visual Stories
Night Photography in Salamanca, with Olympus 25mm f/1.2 Pro
When we married in 2004, my wife and I chose the beautiful Spanish city of Salamanca to spend our honeymoon. Due to the sandstone used in the construction of its historic buildings, the golden tone that the city acquires in the late afternoon when the sunlight strikes is of extraordinary…
This week’s best on Instagram
Hi everyone! We hope you are all doing well. How about some inspiration for your next photoshoot? Below we share our selection of the best photos tagged @olympuspassion on Instagram. Grab your camera and enjoy your weekend! Alma González – @demadbOlympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II . Lensbaby Imanol Rio –…
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…
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, a whole new world opened up in front of him. He currently uses the Godox AD200, which Darrell considers an…
In the Shadow of the Volcano – The story behind this image
Hello everyone! My name is Gaetano, an amateur photographer born in Palermo and raised in Bagheria, Sicily. Happily married and father of 3 children, I work in the restaurant business, and relatively recently, I started to cultivate a passion for photography. I bought my first DSLR camera in 2014, a…
On every street
I was born in the small town of Livingstone in Zambia very near the Victoria Falls, at that time it was still British. From there, I moved on to South Africa at the age of four, where I lived until the age of nineteen. I then decided to make a…