Posts tagged with ‘photography’ (74)
Canadian Geographic visited Ottawa's Tulip Festival to compile a list of tips for shooting flowers. Click on the image to view more photos. (Photos: Justin Nalepa)
As spring blossoms across Canada, flower photographers will be on a mission to get the perfect shot. Whether visiting gardens or on a walk in the woods, here are some tips and tricks to keep in my mind for your next shoot:
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Posted by Jimmy Thomson
in Mapping
on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Do you know which Canadian city this is? Take our quiz below to find out. (Photos: Chris Hadfield/Canadian Space Agency)
For five months, astronaut Chris Hadfield has kept the world’s rapt attention from the International Space Station as he beamed photos and videos down to Earth. More than 900,000 Twitter followers waited for his latest pictures, which Hadfield liked to capture while the ISS passed over Canadian cities.
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There are people in this country who have never locked their front door, and who leave their car keys in the ignition even when it's parked in their driveway. Not every Canadian is so trusting, but each of us is fortunate to live in a country where petty theft isn't too much of a concern. In Canada, it's easy to feel relatively secure that just because you took your eyes off of your gear for 30 seconds doesn't mean it's going to be gone by the time you go to look for it.
But a lot of us - myself included - travel abroad, and taking this sense of security on the road with you can have consequences. I've been burned a few times. Camera gear has been lifted from me on no less than three continents, with my own inattentiveness playing into the theft in at least one case. After I was robbed of a DSLR and lens by thugs in Peru, I swore I wouldn't ever let it happen again.
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Wildlife photographer Mike Beedell has been photographing polar bears such as these ones for 37 years. Click on the image to view more of Beedell's photos.
Mike Beedell has spent more summers in the Arctic than elsewhere. He has been guiding trips in Canada’s Arctic, Antarctica, Greenland and other remote areas for 37 years and taking spectacular photographs all the while. His images have been published in
Canadian Geographic,
National Geographic,
Equinox, and many other publications; his work has even appeared in New York’s Times Square.
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We asked readers to help us choose between three cover options for our upcoming Summer Travel issue.
Ah, there’s nothing like a clear-cut winner. Option three (see above), took 42 per cent of the cover vote for our Summer 2013 issue of Canadian Geographic Travel.
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