How I capture life
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Olympus Passion Photography Magazine -February 2024!
Capturing cultures with OLYMPUS
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I just bought a new Olympus, the Olympus 4
I’ve always enjoyed the outdoors, and hiking is part of my life whenever possible. Outdoor life and photography will always be connected. One is inseparable from the other. That’s why walking shoes are so important to me. But road shoes are definitely not suitable, mostly due to traction problems on…
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…
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…
In Heidelberg with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 and the M-Zuiko 12-40mm 2.8 Pro
The Easter weekend was near and I decided to take a short break and visit my birth town. The last time I visited Heidelberg must have been more than ten years ago. My wonderful wife was not with me as she was visiting a friend abroad. Unfortunately the Easter weekend…
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
My photography story
Hello! When I was asked to write an article about the photos I took and the equipment I used, I was really happy and excited. First of all, thank you for giving me such an opportunity. I’m Kaan, I live in Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city, and I have been living here as a student for about 4 years. I am studying visual communication design at my university. My interest in…
February issue
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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…
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/ How to improve the battery performance of your Olympus camera
When I switched from Canon DSLRs to a mirrorless system, the last thing I thought about was the battery life. I had more to think about, like file quality, construction, lenses, weight, features… After starting to use mirrorless equipment, I noticed some difference in battery life to what I was…
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…
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…
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…
Moving to Iceland – Where the whole journey began
My name is Katarzyna, but you can call me Kat. Like the animal, but with „K“. I was born in Poland, in the beautiful region of lakes and forests called Masuria. Five years ago my newly married husband and I decided to emigrate. We have been living in Iceland for…
This week’s best on Instagram
Hi everyone! Another weekend has arrived, and as usual, we selected the best photos shared on Instagram with the @olympuspassion tag. Many other magnificent photographs were left out, but we couldn’t include them all. Thank you so much for all your support. We wish a wonderful weekend to all of…
It is not the destination, it is the journey
Hey, everybody! My name’s Aizad Khair. I am a legal practitioner by profession, an amateur basketball player when I want to break a sweat, an avid Netflix viewer and an aspiring couch potato. With rapid modernization and increase in connectivity, it is not impossible for us to stay cooped up…
Like fragments of life
The fascination for the unknown. For distant cultures and civilizations portrayed in movies and books from childhood. That’s what sparked my desire to travel. A backpack that was packed each year in a lighter way. Like the load on my shoulders and in my thoughts. Every warm season we set…
Street Photography @12mm
Since I started practising street photography (in the freest sense of the term) several years ago, my photographic vision has also constantly changed, learning to appreciate more and more the medium-short focal lengths to the detriment of the easier medium-telephotos. Isolating a single subject or a single instant is certainly,…
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 that it is going very well! 🙂 Hello, and thank you so much for all your availability for this interview!…
Me, myself and OM-D
My name is Marcel Holzmann, I am 40 years old and based in Emmering (Fürstenfeldbruck), Germany. I have a normal full-time job, and photography is my hobby as well as…
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…
My Year with Olympus Cameras
In February 2018, I sold my Nikon D750, Nikon lenses and bought an Olympus OMD E-M10 Mk III. I soon after wrote a review of this camera discussing my experiences…
On the streets with Olympus
My name is Jerlijn Kasmani and have been living on this beautiful earth for already 50 years. For my profession, I am the managing director of a software company where…
Olympus E-M1 Mark 2 review: a subjective article on moving from full frame to M43
I have been mumbling for more than 3 years about my own frustrations of being caught in an old and dying ecosystem, about how both the giants (Canon and Nikon)…
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…
Bright ideas in dark times
It is fantastic to have another of my stories featured in this wonderful magazine. I enjoy passing on my knowledge and experiences with my much-loved Olympus cameras and M.Zuiko lenses…
Olympus – Still the best choice
It has been a while since my last story was published in Olympus Passion Magazine, in Edition #23, April 2019, and I am delighted to submit this story to a…
Breaking free to find you
Take a moment and ask yourself, “What is it that I enjoy doing, and how does that influence my unique perspective?” It’s worth asking, since it has the power to…
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…
A M43 coffee table book
I live in Toronto with my family and divide my time working as a health professional and as a professional sports photographer and writer. Like most people, I began by…
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…
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