Defishing Nikons 10.5mm fisheye lens?
As many of you know one of the interesting lenses I shoot with is the Nikon 10.5mm f2.8 DX fisheye lens. This lens covers a lot of territory with a 180 degree corner to corner diagonal view giving you a full frame but somewhat distorted image. I don’t use the lens regularly but the odd [...]
Rabari – Encounters with the Nomadic Tribe by Mitchell Kanashkevich
Ebook review: Rabari – Encounters with the Nomadic Tribe by Mitchell Kanashkevich Mitchell Kanashkevich embarked on a fascinating 4 month journey to photograph the Rabari, a nomadic group of Indian cattle herders. As with so many cultures in today’s fast paced and ever changing world, the Rabari’s culture is quickly changing and Mitchell’s objective with [...]
Free e-book -11 Ways You Can Improve Your Photography
The folks at Craft and Vision that produce many of the fantastic books we review on this site have once again produced an excellent photography e-book. This book is different however; it’s FREE. That’s correct, FREE! There’s really no excuse for not downloading a copy of Craft & Vision – 11 Ways You Can Improve [...]
Editing and Workflow – 3 Photographers Views
Originally published a little over 2 years ago, a group blogging effort about editing and workflow was very popular at the time and is well worth revisiting. As many people know I spend a considerable amount of time photographing events. These events cover the gamut from folk festivals and kayaking competitions to wooden boat festivals [...]
Revisiting your photography archive
Often after returning from a trip or event I spend little time actually looking through images and picking the keepers. There are a number of reasons for this, the primary reason being lack of time. Typically my work flow allows me to process the photographs I require for a project or story and then move [...]
Monster Energy Motocross Nationals – Nanaimo Wastelands
I had the opportunity to photograph the Monster Energy Motocross Nationals Motocross at the Nanaimo Wastelands this past weekend. While I’ve never been a huge fan of motorcycles in general and have never followed motorcycle racing I have to admit that this event was a blast and exceptionally fun to photograph. It looks like the [...]
Sagrada Família, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
The Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family, more commonly known as the Sagrada Família is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926). Construction was started in 1882 and while still not complete, passed the mid-point in 2010 with the church expected to be finished [...]
Carlsbad Caverns National Park Photographs
I have finally put my recent Carlsbad Caverns National Park photographs into a gallery on my stock photography web site. These images are pretty cool with amazing colours. The scenic value of Carlsbad Caverns must also place the cave as one of the world’s natural wonders. Some of the formations have interesting names like Chinese Theater, [...]
The Alhambra, Granada, Andalusia, Spain
When travelling in southern Spain there is one site that likely everyone is aiming for, the Alhambra. The Alhambra is a palace and fortress complex dating originally to the mid 14th century and constructed by the Moorish rulers of the Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus. The fortress occupies the top of the hill of the [...]
Photos of Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
I finally have images online of the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. This cemetery is one of the city’s most visited tourist attractions and well worth wandering around with many interesting graves such as Jim Morrison, Frédéric Chopin, Oscar Wilde, Édith Piaf and numerous others, many of which I have no idea who they are. [...]
The Power of Black & White In Adobe Lightroom & Beyond (A MASTER CLASS)
The Power of Black & White In Adobe Lightroom & Beyond (A MASTER CLASS) by Piet Van den Eynde – E-book Review For a number of years black and white photography seemed to slip away a little as the transformation from film to digital was taking place. While this certainly wasn’t the first time black [...]
Strahov Monastery Philosophical Library – Prague, Czech Republic
Another huge photograph has just been released for your viewing pleasure, a 40 Gigapixel photograph of the ancient Philosophical Library at the Strahov Monastery, Prague, Czech Republic. I keep on looking at these amazing huge images that are being produced in the past few years and realize how far we’ve come in a very short [...]
TMAC Award – Best Action Photograph 2010
I have been honoured with an award for “best action photograph” by the Travel Marketing Association of Canada. It’s always great to get some recognition and it’s also wonderful that Ontario Parks that sponsored this award supports the photographic arts. Share on Facebook
Full Moons in Canada
I was watching the full moon a few nights ago and started thinking about all the occasions where I have spent countless hours watching the full moon come up or go down. A few eclipses have been included in this quality time as well. On doing a keyword search I found over 500 images of [...]
Best Photographs of 2010
It’s always hard to come up with a top 10 list or a best photographs list but as this idea seems to be a common theme I thought it might be prudent to join in the fun. Deciding what is the best for a certain period is always a challenge? What defines “best”?; Is it [...]
Light and Land, Landscapes in the Digital Darkroom by Michael Frye
I think I’ve been very fortunate as a photographer in that I have embraced digital technology since the early days of the digital cameras. You have to understand that this isn’t a few generations we are talking about however, in my instance it’s only since 1999 I believe. The reason for the “fortunate” aspect is [...]
Ladysmith Festival of Lights 2010
I always try to make it to at least one of the local Christmas light up festivals on Vancouver Island. This year happened to be the Ladysmith Festival of Lights which is always spectacular with over 200,000 lights being turned on in the historic downtown core by Santa Clause. From a photography standpoint it must [...]
Pacific Yachting – December Cover
Pacific Yachting, one of the more popular boating magazines here in the Pacific Northwest, used one of my photographs for their December cover. I think they did a great job of integrating the masthead and text with the image. Looks very inviting! Share on Facebook
Kevin Oke Photography Stock
We are thrilled to announce that our new Kevin Oke Photography searchable stock photography site is running in full operation mode. As of today there are 11,000 photographs in the database with another 5,000 or so still to be catalogued. This has been a huge undertaking and the realistic date for the site to be [...]
Photographic Reflections
Reflections are all around us and make an excellent subject to photograph. Sometimes the reflections are of a specific subject, perhaps a tree or a building. Other times the reflection will be an abstract in itself; for example light sources or cloud formations. We can easily shoot reflections as an abstract image or as a [...]
Aircraft Pinups and Decorative Art
I spent Saturday at the Palm Springs Air Museum visiting their extensive collection of flying and stationary aircraft. For aviation fans the Palm Springs Air Museum must rank up there with some of the best, definitely worth a visit. Many of the aircraft are WWII vintage and have the traditional nose art, cockpit art and [...]
Luang Prabang, Laos
Favourite Locations – Luang Prabang, Laos Laos has only one problem as a country, it’s land locked, no ocean, no beaches, no islands. Laos does have a beautiful river flowing through the country; the Mekong, and along this river are beautiful small towns and surprisingly stunning cities. One of these is Luang Prabang. Until the [...]
Cowichan River Estuary – Vancouver Island
I have been spending time during the past few months looking at photos of the Cowichan River Estuary for my latest book The Cowichan – Duncan, Chemainus, Ladysmith and Region. The Cowichan River Estuary flows into Cowichan Bay and the area is impacted significantly by the cool air coming off the ocean. At other times, [...]
The Carmanah Valley – Twenty Years On
Twenty years ago I had just moved to British Columbia and heard stories about giant trees on the west coast of Vancouver Island. What I didn’t realize at the time is the Provincial Government had secretly given permission to logging giant Macmillan Bloedel to clearcut one of the largest intact watersheds left on the island, [...]