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Wishing all photographers an exciting year filled with photos.

Photographer’s New Year’s resolutions for 2015

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Wishing all photographers an exciting year filled with photos.
John Enman says he prefers shooting just at sundown when there is still a cool, blue light illuminating the sky for outdoor photos in low light.

Photographing CP Rail’s Holiday Train

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John Enman says he prefers shooting just at sundown when there is still a cool, blue light illuminating the sky for outdoor photos in low light.
Most people don’t mind seeing a picture of themselves being silly or having fun.

Christmas party photography

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Most people don’t mind seeing a picture of themselves being silly or having fun.
Without enough light for a proper exposure, the camera’s sensor will collect a weak signal, and more background electrical noise is also collected.

Low light and camera noise

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Without enough light for a proper exposure, the camera’s sensor will collect a weak signal, and more background electrical noise is also collected.
John Enman using a DSLR with flash attached.

Christmas concert photography

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John Enman using a DSLR with flash attached.
“I have become, more than ever, of the opinion that like the negative, the RAW image file, is now the “score” to the final performance – the photographic print,” John Enman.

The photographic composer

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“I have become, more than ever, of the opinion that like the negative, the RAW image file, is now the “score” to the final performance – the photographic print,” John Enman.
An interactive studio session with students that covered off-camera lighting for portrait photography was recently facilitated by John Enman.

Lighting the portrait

Soft boxes, umbrellas, diffusion screens, reflectors and a great selection of wall-mounted backdrops

An interactive studio session with students that covered off-camera lighting for portrait photography was recently facilitated by John Enman.
Peaches survived raccoons, hawks, owls, coyotes, bobcats, other cats, and neighborhood dogs that all prey on helpless cats who only know the comfort of someone’s home until they are coldly discarded. She was taken in by John Enman and his wife, where she shared their home for 15 years.

Life with our cat, Peaches

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Peaches survived raccoons, hawks, owls, coyotes, bobcats, other cats, and neighborhood dogs that all prey on helpless cats who only know the comfort of someone’s home until they are coldly discarded. She was taken in by John Enman and his wife, where she shared their home for 15 years.
Using film photography can slow down the pace of image taking in a digital world.

Revisiting film and twin lens camera

making pictures with John Enman: Revisiting film and twin lens camera

Using film photography can slow down the pace of image taking in a digital world.
Using a neutral density filter allows a photographer to take interesting photos of moving water.

Water as a photographer’s subject

making pictures with John Enman - Water as a photographer’s subject

Using a neutral density filter allows a photographer to take interesting photos of moving water.
Anyone who wants to take better pictures should focus on the fundamentals, and a successful photographer must have an understanding of composition and lighting because what is important for the viewer is how the photographer composes (or arranges) the image, and how the light is captured, which sets the images apart.

Judging 4H photography

An enjoyable day judging Yellowhead 4H club members photography presentations at the North Thompson Fall Fair

Anyone who wants to take better pictures should focus on the fundamentals, and a successful photographer must have an understanding of composition and lighting because what is important for the viewer is how the photographer composes (or arranges) the image, and how the light is captured, which sets the images apart.
Photographer John Enman.

Camera upgrade time?

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Photographer John Enman.
Inexpensive neutral density filters are great if one is willing to shoot in RAW and make post-production corrections.

Thoughts about neutral density filters for photography

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Inexpensive neutral density filters are great if one is willing to shoot in RAW and make post-production corrections.
Street photography does not need a comment, the photographer usually lets his work speak for itself.

Thoughts on street photography

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Street photography does not need a comment, the photographer usually lets his work speak for itself.
By the time a photographer arrives on the scene to photograph his or her subject of choice, they should have already made several decisions and I try to do as the famous photographer, Ansel Adams would do and “previsualize” the image, or in John Enman’s words, “problem solve for the final photograph”.

Problem solving your photography

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By the time a photographer arrives on the scene to photograph his or her subject of choice, they should have already made several decisions and I try to do as the famous photographer, Ansel Adams would do and “previsualize” the image, or in John Enman’s words, “problem solve for the final photograph”.
The Shipwreck Festival is actually a giant community garage sale that on the third weekend of July each year occupies about nine blocks of the main street in Anacortes, Washington.

Anacortes, the Shipwreck Festival, and photography

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The Shipwreck Festival is actually a giant community garage sale that on the third weekend of July each year occupies about nine blocks of the main street in Anacortes, Washington.
Rodeos are easy to photograph. One just has to pay attention to where the action is coming from and take up a position that allows everything to move towards the camera.

A fun day photographing the Pritchard Rodeo

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Rodeos are easy to photograph. One just has to pay attention to where the action is coming from and take up a position that allows everything to move towards the camera.
The background can impact a subject in many ways, and much of the time it interferes with the subject. Compose and isolate the center of interest in your photo, decide how to use the background to the best effect; whether the background should be in, out, or partially focused, or to have it clear or cluttered, and if it is appropriate for inclusion or to be excluded.

Don’t forget to look at the background in your photograph

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The background can impact a subject in many ways, and much of the time it interferes with the subject. Compose and isolate the center of interest in your photo, decide how to use the background to the best effect; whether the background should be in, out, or partially focused, or to have it clear or cluttered, and if it is appropriate for inclusion or to be excluded.
Using a wireless sender/receiver on one’s camera and flash allows you to position the flash in another room to illuminate a hallway, or give the effect of light coming through a window.

Photographing an interior place

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Using a wireless sender/receiver on one’s camera and flash allows you to position the flash in another room to illuminate a hallway, or give the effect of light coming through a window.
“Black and white photography is a matter for the eye of the beholder, the intuition, and finally the intellect,” John Enman.

What I learned about photography by shooting with black & white film

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“Black and white photography is a matter for the eye of the beholder, the intuition, and finally the intellect,” John Enman.