Rikonen

February 28th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

I’ve recently started up a photography company. We’re planning on doing wedding photography, and only wedding photography. My photography company can be found here at www.pictureyourdreams.ca. After thinking quite a bit on how to make this successful, I’m come up with three useful ideas you should find helpful if you’re trying to do the same. [...]

June 4th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

Hey all, just went camping recently with my finance and a few friends at The Pinery in Ontario Canada! It was a great weekend and I decided to grab a few shots on my camera during the days. Of course Courtney gets some photo creds as she is a pretty darn good photographer (in my [...]

January 17th, 2011 § 0 comments § permalink

I was recently given a drawing of an elephant by an artist in Canada. It was a very well made drawing and a lot of talent went into it. Then I remembered of a book I saw by Nick Brandt which was filled with wonderful photography of African animals. So I have decided to do [...]

November 22nd, 2010 § 1 comment § permalink

The history of men has been that of war. There has been very little time where there has been peace on earth; there has always been some type of conflict on earth. Since the turn of the 20th century, there has been many wars fought, most notably WWI and WWII. Along with many other wars, [...]

September 13th, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink

We’ve all seen graffiti. If you haven’t seen graffiti, then you’ve seen graffito (which is the singular form of graffiti). Graffiti is public markings that showcase some extraordinary talent and in most cases display a message and have deeper meaning than the image itself. Every now and then however, you get some loser who just [...]

August 12th, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink

One of the hardest photos to take are sports photos. The reason is, unless you’re photographing golf, sports move extremely fast. You need to be ready at all times to get the goal, the kick, the save, or the hit. Your camera has to be really good as well to get the best shutter speed [...]

July 6th, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink

A macro photograph is a picture of something realllllly up close. For example, getting all the details on the wings of a fly. Taking a macro photo doesn’t involve just getting close to something, as when you do that, most cameras lose focus. You need a special lens or filter. These special lenses will allow [...]

June 23rd, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink

Recently there was a volcano that erupted in Iceland called Eyjafjallajokull. The volcano consumed the air with ash halting air travel in and around Europe. The last time this particular volcano erupted was in 1921 when it erupted slowly for 14 months. This time the eruption was a lot faster and as a result, more [...]

June 21st, 2010 § 1 comment § permalink

Getting that perfect picture in the rain can be a difficult thing. Not only can you destroy your equipment, but having the right lighting and focus can be difficult as well. Having an umbrella or a waterproof camera will help you venture into those difficult areas to capture the photo that you really want to [...]

June 18th, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink

The Hubble Space Telescope was put into orbit April 1990. It is one of the biggest space telescopes put into orbit and was named after Edward Hubble. When first launched, the telescope didn’t offer the images that NASA wanted it to; the reason was because a mirror in the telescope was positioned off by a [...]