Shutter Therapy – A work in progress
Feelings through technology
Printed magazine – Issue 6
Perpetuating childhood memories – Interview with Luana Lessa Martinez
Olympus Passion Photography Magazine – April 2023!
From the OM-1 to the OM-1
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Travel, Portrait and Architecture with the Olympus E-M5 Mark II
My name is Miquel, I am 22 years old and I live in Catalonia, Spain. I am a university student, currently doing an Erasmus in Scotland in Business and Economics. My interest in photography started nearly 3 years ago, when my father bought a camera as a birthday present for…
From Fuji X to the Olympus Pen-F
Since 2011 I have been using Fujifilm X cameras exclusively. Starting with the first and original Fuji X100, the X-Pro1 with the XF 35 1.4 to the X-E1 and the X-T1, X-Pro2 both with the awesome XF 16-55 2.8 I think I have used nearly every native Fujinon X…
ND Filters and Long Exposures with Olympus cameras
We have all seen those images with “Milky” smooth water and streaked clouds, I’m asked time and again how it’s done and the best technique. So here’s some information and a few tips from my own experience gained over the years. An ND Filter can create really dramatic images and…
Olympus PEN-F – Miniature. Mirrorless. Mighty. Changing my mind about Olympus’ most misjudged camera
The more time I spend working in photography, the more my priorities shift away from technical considerations. As far back as my Canon 5D Mark II days, I realized that any failure to get good images was more likely to be a fault of the photographer than the camera. That’s…
Photos of Everyday Life – Olympus PEN-F
My name is Sam Thompson, and I work as a management accountant for a utility company in Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands just off the coast of France. It is a small island of 65,000 people. I was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1961, the youngest of three…
E-M5 family
The right tool for the job
I got into contact with photography very early on and ran around with a small Nikon compact camera every time we went on a trip with the family. The results were not great, but I had immense amounts of fun doing it nonetheless. On my 10th birthday, I happily received my first own camera which was a Canon EOS 550D. With this camera, I got to discover all of the…
February issue
Video Of The Week
The Haute Route: A cinematic journey through the Swiss Alps – Full-Length Travel Film 4K
It is at this point that I am presented with the daunting task of summarizing an entire trip within a single blog post. How does a person begin to describe the experiences he had with his brother over the course of two weeks, 130 miles and 30,800 feet of climbing?…
Two Years Around the World with my Olympus
Hi there, my name is Marco Zurbriggen. I live with my wife in Zurich, Switzerland. Right now we are far away on a 2 years journey around the world. Before we left, I was working as a Business Analyst, mainly in the Banking sector. To be honest, I was never…
In search of silence
Ciao,I’m Alessio Di Eugenio, I’m 25 and live in Rome, Italy. I’m a Student (degree in Sport Science and I’m studying for a master’s degree in Nutritional Science), and an Athlete. I’ve the blessing to work and perform as a futsal player, my main occupation, every day of my life.…
Całkiem Zwyczajnie
30 years old copywriter from Poland, Olga Szymkowiak has been taking photos since her teens, using the camera to produce a personal visual diary. The PEN-F, it was love at first sight. Thank you, Olga, for all your availability! It’s a pleasure to have you for this interview. Would you like…
Patience, Persistence and a Little Luck
The Mueller Hut, New Zealand After ascending and pressing forward through heavy rain and cold wind the evening before, my effort and perseverance has brought me here. Here, of all places. It feels like I shouldn’t be here, but there lies the glacier before me – in all its grandeur…
Brighten your mood with colorful pictures – Enjoying landscape photography with my Olympus E-M5 Mark III
Thank you, Manuel, for all your availability for this interview. Could you please introduce yourself?I live in the south of Bavaria, Germany, between Augsburg and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Professionally, I work in a public small authority. My favorite hobby is walking through the countryside with my camera to take photos. I love…
My story with Olympus
This is a story about a late bloomer who fell under the spell of photography and ended up being obsessed with it ever since; this is my love story with…
Inspired by New Zealand Landscapes
How I began with Digital My first camera was the Olympus OM1, loaned by a friend when I was a university student. More than 30 years later, after a session…
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…
Through the Lens of Nomadic Photographer Lachie Carracher
My name is Lachie Carracher, I am an Australian born nomadic photographer. I try to base predominantly on the West Coast of North America when the sun is shining and…
Captured by the Tropical Andes
Photography entered my life when I was very young. From that moment on, I have experienced it in many different ways: as a hobby, as a course for my university…
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…
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