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Olympus Passion Photography Magazine – December 2024!
Mono no aware a joyful melancholy
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The Versatile Messenger Bag: A Stylish and Convenient Daily Companion
In the world of bags and backpacks, one often finds themselves pondering over the choice of style, utility, and practicality. For me, the choice has always been clear: I am an avid user of messenger bags, and I prefer them over backpacks for various reasons. To me, the messenger bag…
How the OM-D E-M10 Mark III became our beloved travel companion – twice
The sea is restless and moody. The wind whips mercilessly around our hats. Below, at the end of the rugged and steep cliffs, we hear the waves crashing loudly on the rocks. The hiking trails and climbs in the Calanques near Marseille are becoming increasingly difficult. We are out of…
Why I love the PEN-F but switched to the Olympus OM-D E-M1
Some of you might have read my blog post on my switch from Fujifilm´s X camera system to the Olympus PEN-F. If not you can do so via this link to the blog post. Well I adore the PEN-F as a creative tool for my photography and would have…
A Cuban Epiphany – the new Olympus lenses
After many years of searching for the Holy Grail of headshot lenses to use with the micro four thirds system, I’ve finally found it! Olympus asked me to take 2 newly announced lenses to Havana in August, the 25mm 1.2 PRO and the 12-100mm f4 PRO. This post tells the…
Street photography lens: Olympus 17mm f/1.2 Pro
35mm lens is for most street photographers a standard lens Photographers always want to discuss their opinion, but now I keep my foot down. Yes, a 35mm lens is undisputed since a long time the right lens for the street photographer. Okay, 50mm is of course also allowed. No doubt…
E-M5 family
LENSBABY – A whole creative universe
My name is Alma, I am 41 years old, and I live in Asturias, a small and almost abandoned natural paradise in the north of Spain. My history with photography is not the typical one in which a close relative was a great fan who infected me with his love for this art, although I […]
December issue
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Premium/ Creative Photography: MULTIPLE EXPOSURES
My name is Giampaolo Mascalzoni, I’m 53 years old, and I live and work in Verona, a wonderful city in northern Italy, halfway between Milan and Venice. I started working very young in an advertising photographic studio as an assistant, and so I was lucky enough to be able to…
Premium/ Shooting with your Olympus without a lens (well, almost…)
When I was still a Canon user I tried out several photographic techniques, some better known than others. Although my passion is landscape photography, I naturally tried one or the other different areas and put one or the other idea into practice. In this world of photography, the more you…
Premium/ Behind the Lens: Olympus PEN E-PL8 Photo Adventures (VIDEO)
In this photography journey, Hugo Pinho embarks on an unconventional choice. Venturing to the serene banks of the Mondego River in Portugal, he deliberately left behind the PEN-F, the OM-D, and his array of lenses. Instead, he embraced the unexpected companion – the Olympus PEN E-PL8, a compact 16-megapixel mirrorless…
Visual Stories
Sardinia: A magical retreat for every photographer
The first time they offered me a trip to Sardinia, I was not immediately enthusiastic, I would have preferred an exotic destination overseas to meet different populations with different customs and traditions and to be able to photograph them. Those situations that, no matter what, you always bring home a…
Wandering Iceland with the Olympus OMD EM1 Mark II
It has been a week now since my return from my Iceland photo trip. Honestly, I have not snapped a single picture this week. Mostly this is due to catching up at work and home, but also because I have been thinking about how I want to share my…
Just another occasional photographer
I’m a 44-year-old church youth leader from Helsinki, Finland; a family man with a wife and two teenage boys. My job with the church is not as much a job as it is a way of life as I get to do all kinds of great stuff with amazing people.…
This week’s best on Instagram
Hi everyone! Looking at the quantity and quality of the photos shared on Instagram with the @olympuspassion tag, we are absolutely delighted and would like to thank you all for your support in building this community. Please feel free to use the comments section below to leave the link to…
The covid garden
In March 2020, our normal lives and our hobbies all came to a halt. Our local area was under a complete shutdown order from public health. My daytime job is Director of Tennis at a small tennis club in San Jose, CA. My hobby is landscape and wildlife photography in…
Perpetuating childhood memories – Interview with Luana Lessa Martinez
Thank you, Luana, for taking the time for this interview. Would you like to start by presenting yourself?Hi, I’m so happy and honored to be part of this beautiful project of Olympus Passion Magazine. Thank you so much for the invitation. My name is Luana Lessa Martinez. I’m a Brazilian…
Straight talk about the State of Photography
Many thanks Joe for this opportunity! It is with immense…
Apple Mac Mini M1 for photographers – A compact but powerful workstation
Hello! My name is Rikard Landberg (@landberg on Instagram), and…
The Olympus E-M1X was officially announced
The long-awaited E-M1X has been officially announced! Many of the…
GRAIN Magazine Stories
GRAIN is a quarterly photography digital magazine, for contemporary photographers with analog souls.