Relearning photography in a rural community of southeast Alaska
Photography Guide to Lisbon (eBook)
“Enjoy what you do” – Exclusive interview with Franz Rabe
Listening to nature is more important than the photograph itself
Olympus Passion Photography Magazine – January 2023!
Everyone and Everything has a story to tell
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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…
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…
The High-Res Mode of the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Many may have heard of Hi-Res mode but probably few have used it. The most well-known characteristic of this feature is the absolutely incredible 80 Megapixel resolution that can be obtained from a 20MP sensor, but the list of benefits does not stop here. LEFT: 20.4MP…
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 Best Tips & Tricks For Your Olympus Pen
When I first received my Olympus PEN camera, I had to figure out about all the settings and what works the best for me. It was not easy to change settings like ISO and White Balance because I was not able to find them very fast while shooting. But… after…
E-M5 family
The recognition that Olympus deserves
Greetings, my name is Oleg Nemchenko, and I come from Kiev, in Ukraine.My journey into photography began when I was 14. My father took passport photos, portraits and family sessions, and I was his assistant. Therefore, tech terms such as exposure, shutter speed and aperture have always been familiar to…
February issue
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Premium/ A very simple scene that would not be considered normally can be powerful with the right light
Phil Norton is a photographer who needs no introduction. And in this exclusive interview, he told us about his career, how it all started, sharing some of his tips, the techniques that make his images work. As for the Olympus equipment, being Phil a full-time professional landscape photographer, it’s a…
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/ 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…
Stories from somewhere else
My name is Irina. I was born in Bucharest, Romania, but I have been living in Italy for a long time. In Sicily, to be more precise. I work in IT in the local courthouse. I love music and books. My greatest passion is, needless to say, photography. Leaving home…
Three hikes, Two seasons, One camera
We can all agree that 2020 was a difficult year, with ups and downs and all sorts of lessons, challenges and rediscoveries. But then again, inner strength comes with a lot of hard work behind it and at the end of the day, I am sure we’re all grateful for…
Mono no Aware
Hello, my name is Mikaël Thomas, I am 45 years old and French by birth, Breton to be exact, I live with my Italian companion Andrea whom I knew 20 years ago, and after living 13 years in Turin, we settled in Switzerland, in Rapperswil near Zurich, in 2011. I…
“For whom the bell tolls?”, a photo reportage from Chernobyl, Ukraine
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s…
Words and images: the perfect match
Daydreamer & visual storyteller I live in a city in the centre of Portugal and I began to photograph very young with an analogical camera. Recently, I started to enjoy travelling alone to explore the silence and get a full connection with my camera and the art of photography. Azores…
Photojournalism with Olympus M43
Hello Arnold! Could you present yourself to the readers? Hello. I am 37 years old, I am French-Polish and I currently live in the south of France. How did you get interested in photography and how long have you been shooting professionally? I was initiated to photography by my cousin…
Photography – a Growing Passion
I’ve lived most of my life in Australia, and growing up on Sydney Harbour my early interest in photography grew out of a desire to capture the beauty of the…
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…
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…
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…
Roaming the city at night
Andreas, it’s a pleasure to have you here in the Olympus Passion project. Could you tell a little about yourself, your childhood, where you live and how you started in…
My Evolution to Olympus
In college, I was known to be the guy who always carried around a camera. At the time I had my parents’ old Canon point-and-shoot film camera. It was a…
Finding creativity, with the Olympus E-M1 Mark III
Hello everyone. My name is Iñigo, and I live in Vigo, Galicia, on the northwest coast of Spain. Vigo is an industrial city by the sea with an amazing maritime…
The Print, The Frame
My name is Ian Gregory from Belper, a town in Derbyshire, England just south of The Peak District. I am now retired from my working career mostly in engineering on…
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…
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…
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…
Photography is my Passion – Interview with Hermann Limacher
Thank you, Hermann, for your availability for this interview! Could you start by introducing yourself to our readers and tell us when you first became interested in photography?I’m Hermann Limacher,…
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