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When doing night photography, choose your subject, look for mid-tones where details begin to disappear and meter the brightest lights. Then choose an exposure in between that will give you the effect you want and press the shutter, if it is too light or too dark choose another and do it all again. (John Enman photo)

Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

Taking photos along the waterfront at night

  • Aug 20, 2020
When doing night photography, choose your subject, look for mid-tones where details begin to disappear and meter the brightest lights. Then choose an exposure in between that will give you the effect you want and press the shutter, if it is too light or too dark choose another and do it all again. (John Enman photo)
This capture of a drive-thru parade taking place in Vancouver was taken with an infrared camera. (John Enman photo)

Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

Using an infrared camera can produce interesting photographs

  • Aug 13, 2020
This capture of a drive-thru parade taking place in Vancouver was taken with an infrared camera. (John Enman photo)
Making Pictures with Professional Photographer John Enman

Making Pictures with Professional Photographer John Enman

What? Shooting photos with film again?

  • Aug 5, 2020
Making Pictures with Professional Photographer John Enman
The smaller the selected camera lens aperture, the more the area of focus in front of and behind the subject will be. Photographers should be using a small aperture for scenic photography where they are concerned with all elements in the photograph front to back being sharp. (John Enman photo)

Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

Why is the concept of depth of field so elusive?

  • Jul 23, 2020
The smaller the selected camera lens aperture, the more the area of focus in front of and behind the subject will be. Photographers should be using a small aperture for scenic photography where they are concerned with all elements in the photograph front to back being sharp. (John Enman photo)
Romantic Reverence

Romantic Reverence

I’m never quite sure just who’s romancing who. It is no secret…

  • Jul 21, 2020
Romantic Reverence
A good quality tripod will provide your camera with the stability it needs to perform at its best. (John Enman photo)

Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

The more stable your camera is, the sharper the photos

  • Jul 16, 2020
A good quality tripod will provide your camera with the stability it needs to perform at its best. (John Enman photo)
Armstrong Town center. (John Enman photo)

Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

A Saturday drive to take photos

  • Jul 9, 2020
Armstrong Town center. (John Enman photo)
Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

How about a telephoto lens for scenic photography?

  • Jul 2, 2020
Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman
Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

Exposure with a digital camera

  • Jun 25, 2020
Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman
Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

Your camera manual should be dog-eared, and full of post-its and notations

  • Jun 18, 2020
Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman
This photo of a back road was taken with an infrared camera. (John Enman Photograph)

Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

Backroads and roadside photography

  • Jun 11, 2020
This photo of a back road was taken with an infrared camera. (John Enman Photograph)
A family of Canada Geese enjoying the calm waters of their nesting pond. (John Enman photo)

Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

Canada geese haven’t changed but photography has gotten easier

  • Jun 4, 2020
A family of Canada Geese enjoying the calm waters of their nesting pond. (John Enman photo)
Controlling the ambient light on a rainy morning in a garden by using high-speed sync produces interesting and unique photgraphs. (John Enman photo)

Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

Sticking close to home for garden photography

  • May 28, 2020
Controlling the ambient light on a rainy morning in a garden by using high-speed sync produces interesting and unique photgraphs. (John Enman photo)
Country and western singer Gordie West is putting together the entertainment lineup for the drive-in June 14, 2020, ‘Pancakes and Cowboy Church’ at the fairgrounds parking lot in Barriere. (Jill Hayward photo)

Fall Fair group and Barriere Lions Club teaming up for ‘Pancakes & Cowboy Church’

Due to COVID-19 social distancing regulations numerous community events have had to…

Country and western singer Gordie West is putting together the entertainment lineup for the drive-in June 14, 2020, ‘Pancakes and Cowboy Church’ at the fairgrounds parking lot in Barriere. (Jill Hayward photo)
Turtles sunny themselves in a pond near Pritchard, B.C. (John Enman photo)

Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

A good day to wander with my camera

  • May 21, 2020
Turtles sunny themselves in a pond near Pritchard, B.C. (John Enman photo)
Spring high water. (John Enman photo)

Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

These are strange times

  • May 14, 2020
Spring high water. (John Enman photo)
Chase Creek as it travels under the highway. (Jo McAvany photo)

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It is good to do photography with another photographer

  • May 7, 2020
Chase Creek as it travels under the highway. (Jo McAvany photo)
Using flash outdoors to photograph flowers in the garden can greatly benefit from utilizing a small black velvet backdrop, two wireless flashes on light stands, and positioning two umbrellas – all similar to portrait photography. (John Enman photo)

Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

Lighting flowers with off-camera flash

  • Apr 23, 2020
Using flash outdoors to photograph flowers in the garden can greatly benefit from utilizing a small black velvet backdrop, two wireless flashes on light stands, and positioning two umbrellas – all similar to portrait photography. (John Enman photo)
Using an infrared camera with a 20-40mm lens produced this interesting river composition. (John Enman photo)

Enjoy photography outings during social distancing

Making Pictures With Professional Photographer John Enman

  • Apr 16, 2020
Using an infrared camera with a 20-40mm lens produced this interesting river composition. (John Enman photo)
Antique irons, such as the one pictured here from the North Thompson Museum, had to be heated in the fire or, if you were lucky, by placing hot coals inside. Many modern day-to-day items may have a similar look but operate very differently today. (Submitted photo)

Valley Voice: Remembering the tools of yesteryear

Barriere and District Heritage Society talks about a few mundane modern tasks that were once laborous and time consuming

  • Feb 22, 2020
Antique irons, such as the one pictured here from the North Thompson Museum, had to be heated in the fire or, if you were lucky, by placing hot coals inside. Many modern day-to-day items may have a similar look but operate very differently today. (Submitted photo)