My Passion for the great outdoors
Olympus Passion Photography Magazine – March 2024!
How I capture life
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Tatra Mountains, my quiet haven
I travel to get to know the world in its different facets!
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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…
Cameras and lenses for wedding photography
To be honest, cameras and lenses are just tools. But sometimes it can be interesting to check which tools you use on a regular basis. Looking at the 2016 photos in my Lightroom catalogue gives us some insights there. 70.000 photos shot in 2016 – mainly weddings – show clearly…
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…
The Benefits of Traveling Light
“He who would travel happily must travel light.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery It was around 1962 when I first stepped foot outside of the US, on a family trip to the Texas/Mexico border including a visit to Laredo. Looking across the Rio Grande River into Nuevo Laredo, I experienced that first…
Using FD Lenses on my Olympus E-M10 MK II
After buying my Olympus E-M10 MK II, I knew I wanted to also get an adaptor to be able to use my Canon FD film lenses on this camera and after having done so, can say it’s been fantastic and has enabled me to make great use of features such…
E-M5 family
La Photographie Autrement (Photography Otherwise)
Thank you Nicolas for taking your time for this interview! Would you like to start by introducing yourself to our readers? I was born in Paris in 1966 and work as a photo reporter for over twenty seven years. Since the early 90’s, I spent the majority of my time in Naples, Cambodia, Vietnam and Havana. In 1996 I was young and Europe was already boring so I decided to…
February issue
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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/ 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…
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Does size matter? What is the resolution and size of your photos for print or online use? What is the best resolution to print or to use online?This is, perhaps, one of the most recurrent questions that constantly knocks on our door. When we start talking about size, we usually…
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…
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…
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…
For 10 years, this photographer has been shooting Mount Fuji every day
With a magnificent view over Mount Fuji, Japanese photographer Yasuhiko Watanabe decided to start photographing it and posting these images on Twitter. That was in November 2010, exactly 10 years ago. And since that date, in front of his home, Yasuhiko Watanabe has never stopped photographing Mount Fuji. Every single…
The journey of a lifetime
My husband, Bill & I dreamed of a camping getaway at Ojibway Provincial Park, but multiple events transpired that could have ruined it. Instead, the kindness of strangers transformed a potential disaster into an extraordinary experience of a lifetime. Here’s how it happened. Olympus E-M5 MK II . Olympus M.Zuiko…
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…
Analogue Feel
Rikard Landberg is a documentary photographer from Sweden. What immediately caught our attention in his work was his approach to everyday life situations, transforming ordinary moments into extraordinary photographs, which tell stories. Thank you, Rikard, for all your availability for this interview. Could you start by introducing yourself to our…
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 we develop a customer data platform. With my beloved family, that is my wife and two sons, we live in…
“JINKING”: Change direction suddenly and nimbly; dodging a predator, or for pure fun
Over the past 12 months, thanks to my daughter, I have been lucky to become involved with a wonderful group of young people from southeast Queensland, Australia. These young people take their love of their companion birds to a next level; Free-Flying. Olympus E-M1 MK II . Olympus M.Zuiko 40-150mmF2.8…
A journey among spiders with Olympus
Hi, my name is Enrico, I am 33 years old, and I live in a small town on the outskirts of Udine, in Friuli Venezia Giulia, in the northeast of…
The Olympus E-M1 as an adventure camera
Olympus have long been known as producers of sturdy cameras, that is cameras that can take a bit of a beating and won’t break a sweat in the process. That…
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…
Endless Creative Possibilities With Olympus OMD
Hi Martin! It’s an honour to have once again, this time for an interview. For the ones who haven’t read your previous article, would you like to start by introducing…
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…
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…
Trust is everything
Hello everyone, my name is Fernando, I’m 48 years old and I’m from Amarante, a small but beautiful city in the North of Portugal. I work in the city of…
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…
The mixed bag of photography
Hi everybody, I’m honored to write a little bit about myself and my photography!So, let’s begin, I’m Stefan van den Akker, I’m 36 years old, I work as an ecologist…
Capturing Star Trails Using Live Composite
Olympus E-M1X . Olympus M.Zuiko 7-14mmF2.8 . f/5 . 20″ . ISO 1600 – The camera was on Bulb (Live Composite) mode. The shutter was open for 48 frames (20…
More photography
My interest in photography started early in my studies at the age of 22. The first camera I ever bought was the Canon EOS 450D. A great starting camera at…
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…
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