• Blue Droplets Frozen in Time

    Today I finally did a little photographic project I’ve been meaning to do for a very long time.  I’m sure most of you have seen pictures of water drops, perhaps you’ve tried it, perhaps you have always wondered how it’s done.  Today I did it.  It was a very simple setup.  I put my camera…

    Jordan Steele

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  • 12 Lenses Spanning 50 Years Do Battle

    12 Lenses Spanning 50 Years Do Battle

    Ok, so they aren’t doing BATTLE per se. This is one of those lens tests that’s really just for fun….don’t take it too seriously, please.  Part 2 is now up, and evaluates edge sharpness.  See Part 3 for a look at bokeh. 50 Years of Lenses Over the years, I have accumulated a rather extensive…

    Jordan Steele

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  • 5 Dos and 5 Don’ts for Beginning Photographers

    You’re a photographer just getting serious about the craft… There’s so much gear, there’s so much information, there’s so many buttons!  How do you settle down and get started, and most importantly, how do you get great pictures! I thought I’d put together this little list of five things that helped me progress from a…

    Jordan Steele

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  • Micro 4/3 vs a Full Frame Legend

    Micro 4/3 vs a Full Frame Legend

    Sensor Shootout: Panasonic GH2 vs Panasonic GX1 vs Canon 1Ds Mark II As many of you are aware by now, I have recently made the switch from Canon DSLRs to the micro 4/3 system.  I’ll all the details for another post, but it was primarily to reduce size and weight. So over the last year…

    Jordan Steele

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  • The Morning Commute

    On my way into work this morning, it was a dreary day, but the sky was lighting up in front of me.  As traffic was light, I grabbed my GX1 with one hand and just rested it on the dash.  I rolled the aperture to its smallest, waited for an overpass and ‘click’  – I…

    Jordan Steele

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  • Lazy Winter Day Abstracts

    Lazy Winter Day Abstracts

    There are days when you need to express your creative side and get out and shoot, but then you look outside, and it’s just a dull, dreary day, and you don’t have time to go to any favorite places.  Maybe you’re stuck inside and can’t leave because you have to do laundry all day.  Whatever…

    Jordan Steele

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  • The Mirrorless Camera Industry and the Search for the Perfect Camera – Part 2

    The Mirrorless Camera Industry and the Search for the Perfect Camera – Part 2

    This is part two of a two part series on the Mirrorless Camera Industry. Read Part 1 here. In this part I’ll discuss the newest exciting offerings in the mirrorless realm and give you my opinions on their successes and failures and I’ll discuss the future and what this all means for you as a…

    Jordan Steele

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  • The Mirrorless Camera Industry and the Search for the Perfect Camera – Part 1

    The Mirrorless Camera Industry and the Search for the Perfect Camera – Part 1

    In this two-part series, Admiring Light will take a brief look at the history of cameras, look at the emergence of digital Compact System Cameras (mirrorless digital cameras), and finally examine upcoming products and how they may, or may not, fit into the modern photographer’s quest for the Perfect Camera.  This is part one; part…

    Jordan Steele

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  2. Your article brings back some very fond memories. I had exact setup you describe. The 15-85 lens on the 30D…