Passport Sunday Critiques

Today, for Passport Members, I have unlocked the 2nd half of the 75 photo critiques from the finalists in our recent contest for the Peak Design Tripod and Goodies. We had over 26,000 entries, and I thought it would be valuable to let you know my thought process as I went through them.

Below are the three winners for the contest:

GRAND JURY WINNER: MARCO TAGLIARINO

Peoples Choice: Harry Colquhoun

Amateur Winner: Robert Gilchrist

Photo Critiques Part 2

Ready for more photo critiques? Well, you’re in the right place. I learn so much by watching other people critique photos, even if I don’t agree with them 100%. It makes me question aesthetics and beauty in many ways. I hope you approach watching my critiques with the same idea!

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I recently held an online contest on Viewbug to win the new Peak Design Tripod and we received over 25,000 entries! Crazy! Anyway, there were 75 finalists selected and for today’s Passport Sunday treat, you can see me critique the first half of them! Enjoy!

The Winner!

This is the official winner of the contest! A big shout out to Marco Tagliarino with this incredible photo!

Photo Critique Party!

Here are 18 solid minutes of critiques for you! 🙂 I went through to choose the final winners, and, in so doing, I thought you might like to hear my throught process. Note that all of these photos are GREAT, and the minor negative things I say about a few should be taken with a grain of salt!

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Speaking of Canada…

I thought I would share three fun photos from Canada. They’re all quite different, but I hope you enjoy!

And now on with the show…

My Workflow in Toronto!

At a recent art talk, I got many questions about my workflow. This is a fairly “boring” but important thing, so I decided to make a video for you that shows how I do this! Hopefully I keep it upbeat enough so that it is not too boring!

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Passport Sunday! Toronto Photo Processing

Today, if you’re a Passport Member, you get to see the edit of one of my newest photos of Toronto that I took a few weeks ago. Remember, every Sunday, a new Passport Video for you! 🙂

Toronto Skyline Processing

This is a really cool editing video where you get to see my process for editing this photo of the stunning Toronto skyline. I decided to edit one where the plane was taking off to add a bit of flair to the final shot.

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Daily Photo – My First Photo of Toronto

I took this one all the way back in 2013 when I went to Toronto to speak at a travel blogger convention. It was a really fun event, and after the talk, we all went over to Centre Island to take photos of the city. It was a stormy night, as you can see, but I managed to get in a pretty decent photo!

My First Photo of Toronto

Photo Information

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• Date Taken2013-06-01 22:20:41
• CameraNEX-7
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time0.3
• Aperture4
• ISO100
• Focal Length17.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramAperture-priority AE
• Exposure Bias

More Montreal Behind-the-Scenes for Canada

Last week, Passport Members got to see the 360 video that I took up here while preparing to take the photo. Today, the actual processing in Aurora HDR has been unlocked! I hope you enjoy!

Montreal Downtown Processing

Today, you get to see my process one of the final photos that I shot during my 360 video session from last week’s Passport Sunday. I really like the way this photo turned out and I hope you enjoy watching the process! 🙂

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Daily Photo – Montreal from the Hilltop

This spot reminded me a lot of The Peak in Hong Kong, except with about 10,000 less people! If you saw last week’s video, then you can see how easy it was to belly up to the bar to get a clean shot. Unlike China, you’re not constantly getting elbowed in the ribs by rather rude people. In Canada, it’s the total opposite. If someone even gets remotely close to you, they immediately utter a heartfelt apology!

Montreal from the Hilltop

Photo Information

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• Date Taken2019-07-26 18:53:32
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time0.5
• Aperture4.5
• ISO320
• Focal Length52.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

Passport Sunday 360 Video

When I was in Canada a few weeks ago, I took time to make a 360 video for you awesome Passport Sunday members. It was a beautiful spot up there to capture the city from above. In an upcoming video next Sunday, you get to see me process it!

Montreal in 360

Remember you can grab the video any time you want and look around…

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Daily Photo – Montreal from Above

What a great city! It was my first time to Montreal and I’ve always heard such wonderful things about it! My very first international trip was to France with my dad, and that made my sort of a francophile for life. I was surprised at how deeply ingrained the French culture is here in Montreal. I thought it would just be a “light dusting” of French, but I think I heard more French than English!

Montreal from Above

Photo Information

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• Date Taken2019-07-26 18:53:32
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time0.5
• Aperture4.5
• ISO320
• Focal Length52.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

Today, if you’re a Passport Member then you get to see my final edit of this photo. Last week, I shared the 360 video of when I actually took the photo (and I was scared about getting into trouble for my tripod!). Enjoy!

Editing the photo from Notre Dame in Montreal

This is one of my favorite new photos from the tour! I absolutely love this cathedral. If you saw last weeks Passport Sunday post then you got to see the 360 video of me taking the photo. And now here is the final edit!

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Passport Sunday Goodies

If you’re a Passport Member then you get to see a cool new 360 video I shot while in Notre Dame here in Montreal… some behind-the-scenes of the making of today’s photo!

360 Video of Notre Dame in Montreal!

Well, this started out very sketchy. I was SURE I was gonna get caught for using a tripod in this holy sanctuary… But, there is a good surprise ending, as you’ll see in this video! Don’t forget you can spin around the camera and look in any direction you want! 🙂

In an upcoming video, I’ll show you how I edited the final shot.

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Daily Photo – Notre-Dame in Montreal

What an amazing cathedral! I’ve been to A LOT of these sorts of places, and this probably has the most beautiful backdrop of any I’ve seen. I hope you find it just as beautiful as I did!

Notre-Dame in Montreal

Photo Information

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• Date Taken2019-07-27 08:11:51
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time0.5
• Aperture5
• ISO250
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

Passport Sunday Info

For those of you that are Passport Members you get to see the creation of today’s photo. I think you’re gonna love it! 🙂

The Making-of the New York Photo

In today’s video, you get to see the steps I went through to create the photo above!

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Daily Photo – Passport Sunday Fun in New York

We received an amazing invite from some friends from New Zealand to visit their apartment in New York to take some photos one evening. It was in a very unique location, and one of my favorite things about this angle is that it doesn’t even look like New York!

Passport Sunday Fun in New York

Photo Information

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• Date Taken2019-06-20 21:17:19
• CameraILCE-7RM2
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time4
• Aperture2.8
• ISO100
• Focal Length29.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias

The Making Of

If you’re a Passport Member you get to see a bit behind-the-scenes of the creation of a photo of one of my photos!

The making of the photo, photo…

Hopefully this helps any of you who hang your own photos around a house or gallery and want to share an image of them in that location for any reason…

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Daily Photo – New Zealand in LA

Here’s a photo from Brandin Cook’s home in LA. He’s been a great collector of my art, and I really appreciate him! Another cool thing about Brandin – he’s an avid photographer! We spent a while together in Japan and we’ll do some future trips together. He’s so curious about photography and he has such an amazing work ethic. Plus, he’s probably one of the nicest and most loving people I’ve ever met. Follow him on Instagram at @thearcher.

New Zealand in LA

Photo Information

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• Date Taken2019-06-11 17:51:49
• CameraILCE-7RM3
• Camera MakeSony
• Exposure Time1/40
• Aperture4
• ISO100
• Focal Length24.0 mm
• FlashOff, Did not fire
• Exposure ProgramManual
• Exposure Bias