Whether you’re looking for photography & equipment tips, event write-ups, inspirational articles featuring our Ambassadors & Visionaries, or just a good read, this is the place for you. Make sure to check back regularly for the latest posts!
PAPER SHAPES & SHADOWS WITH GAVIN HOEY
If you missed out on the live session you can now catch up on this fantastic Facebook Live with Olympus Ambassador Gavin Hoey! Even in our digital world, paper is an essential part of our lives. From books to printers, paper is everywhere and that’s exactly what Gavin uses in this Facebook live session.
AN OASIS OF TRANQUILITY
By Steve Gosling
Photographer Steve Gosling lives close to a small area of woodland, that he loves to visit with his camera. In the last couple of weeks it’s been a place that Steve has visited more often to get some images for a long term project he is working on.
WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY WITHOUT A LONG LENS
By Andrew Turpin
Wildlife photography is something of a battle. The first part is finding wildlife, of course, but the really tricky bit is getting up close.
OLYMPUS INNOVATION UPDATE
New lenses, new firmware and brand new OM-D webcam software. Olympus announces three new and exciting innovations coming now or in the near future.
Q&A THE BRIGHT BLOOMS
Atia’s photography brings colour and creative living together in a fresh and unique way. She writes about a broad range of lifestyle and contemporary crafts including knitting, dressmaking, home styling and gardening – all captured with her Olympus PEN
CREATIVE OLYMPUS PHOTOGRAPHY WITH IVOR RACKHAM
Hi, I’m Ivor, a professional photographer, photography coach and newspaper columnist based on the Northumberland coast. An avid Olympus user since buying an OM-2n 35mm film camera back in the 1980s, Olympus UK invited me to tell you a bit about my Olympus journey.
PENCIL PATTERN PHOTOGRAPHY WITH GAVIN HOEY
If you missed out on the live session you can now catch up on this fantastic Facebook Live with Olympus Ambassador Gavin Hoey! In this session he covers his essential photography tips to help you make amazing close up photos of colouring pencils at home.
HOW THE E-M1 MARK III OPENED MY EYES TO BIRDS
Already a long-time E-M1 Mark II user, Andy Wasley took his downtime as an opportunity to upgrade to the E-M1 Mark III. But he was left with a challenge: what to shoot?
9 TOP TIPS FOR GREAT TRAVEL PORTRAITS BY SAM DAVIS
Inspired by his recent trip to India, Sam Davis shares his top tips for getting a great travel portrait.
Q&A WITH ANDREW O’BRIEN
Andrew O’Brien – better known to most as gardener @andrewtimothyob from Instagram – takes time out from the garden to answer our questions about his photography.
TOP TIPS FOR FILMMAKING WITH YOUR OM-D BY ELLIE CARTWRIGHT
Olympus Mentor and Adventure Filmmaker extraordinaire, Ellie Cartwright, shares her top tips for shooting outstanding films with your Olympus OM-D camera.
FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY WITH GAVIN HOEY
If you missed out on the live session you can now catch up on this fantastic Facebook Live with Olympus Ambassador Gavin Hoey! In this session he covers his essential lighting and photography tips to help you get better food photos at home.
PHOTOGRAPHY & COFFEE: HOW I’M COMBINING TWO OF MY PASSIONS DURING QUARANTINE BY JAY MCLAUGHLIN
When you’re a photographer that specialises on photographing people, and in my case, fashion, it can be a challenge to find a subject to focus on whilst under lockdown. Thankfully, I have many other passions, and one in particular has proven to be a good stand in for models in fancy clothes.
Q&A WITH DEBBI CLARK
We catch up with the gifted portrait photographer Debbi Clark, who first discovered her love of photography at art school and still brings the same creative magic to all her images…
DENCH’S DOLDRUMS – FROM CLUBS TO COVID WITH PETER DENCH
If you missed out on the live event you can now catch up on this intriguing look at how Olympus Visionary Peter Dench is coping with lockdown.
MACRO AT HOME WITH GERAINT RADFORD
Discover wonderful macro photo opportunities in your own back garden with our Nature Photography Olympus Ambassador, Geraint Radford.
VIS MIG IN LOCKDOWN WITH THE OLYMPUS 8×42 PRO BINOCULARS
Photographer David Tipling talks about overcoming the lockdown by using his Olympus Pro Binoculars for Bird Watching while at home.
FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHY WITH OLYMPUS PEN
By Alice Young
Alice Young (Mum to Ralph and Winnie) is no stranger to creating beautiful content for Instagram, but recently found herself wanting to take her photography to the next level. Find out how she got on after switching from taking snaps with her phone to using an Olympus PEN camera and lens.
MAKING MIRRORLESS MOVIES WITH JIMMY CHENG
If you missed out on the live event you can now catch up on this fascinating look into the world of mirrorless movies with Professional Photo and Olympus Ambassador Jimmy Cheng.
POND PHOTOGRAPHY AT HOME
Photographer Richard Brown shares his approach for capturing underwater creatures on his Olympus camera …while still staying firmly on dry land.
PHOTOGRAPHING GARDEN BIRDS WITH DAVID TIPLING
Looking for a project for the weekend? Here’s wildlife photographer and Olympus Mentor David Tipling with his advice for simple set-ups to help capture beautiful photos of garden birds on camera.
Q&A WITH JOHN MANNELL
Better known to most as ‘Portrait Per Day’ on Instagram, John Mannell is a thoughtful and extremely talented street portrait photographer – so we asked him a few questions to learn more about the man behind the camera…
SUCCESSFUL PORTRAITS
By Peter Dench
Olympus Visionary Peter Dench has been commissioned to shoot professional portraits by high profile publications for over 20 years. We asked him to give us some some do’s and don’ts on how to approach the genre and he shares his thoughts on the importance of composition.
CREATING A COMPOSITE IMAGE DURING THE LOCKDOWN BY DAVID LYON
Whilst sitting at home like the majority of us in these difficult times, I decided to sift through my previous images and get a little creative. The image below was created from a shot taken last year in Somerset and another moon shot, from a few weeks ago in the back garden.
CAPTURING LOCKDOWN LIFE WITH ELLIE CARTWRIGHT
Here’s a project idea for the week ahead – use your Olympus camera to capture your lockdown life by creating an OM-D Diary! Olympus Mentor Ellie has put together this short video to talk you through starting out with filmmaking.
CREATIVE GLASSWARE WITH GAVIN HOEY
Join Olympus Ambassador Gavin Hoey as he shares some of his favourite photography ideas to help you stay creative at home. In this session, Gavin works with the shadows cast by glassware to create some beautiful images.
Q&A WITH SUE CRO
You’ve almost certainly seen her photos on social media – please meet Sue Cro, a long-time Olympus user who creates breathtaking portraits of wild creatures in the summer and colourful abstracts in the winter.
SEEING THE EVERY DAY AT HOME
By Jessica Milberg
“Strange times”, “Stay Safe”. These are the things we hear several times a day now. And it is, indeed, strange times. Our world and way of life are an ever-changing, moving target these days and at the same time, completely stagnant. Many photographers are finding their businesses on hold and unsure of what to do with this time.
FROM MACRO TO MICRO
Chiswick Cameras owner and professional photographer Andy Sands has been using Olympus kit for over a year now. Specialising in British Wildlife and Macro Photography has led him to experiment with photographing various forms of spores which are so small they require extra close up lenses.
GARDEN TAKEOVER WITH GERAINT RADFORD
By Geraint Radford
Hi friends, Geraint here stopping by with a few tips and tricks on how to photograph macro subjects in your garden.
PHOTOASTIC ART
Representing a multitude of photographic disciplines, there is a long list of works in the pipeline. Initially, Photastic Art is proud to launch with collections from Olympus Visionary, Peter Dench and Ambassador, Tesni Ward.
A VERY LITTLE LOCKDOWN CHALLENGE
Photographer Joanna Noble has been delighting Twitter with her creative approach to keep taking pictures while she stays at home – here’s Joanna’s idea for a brilliant lockdown photography project…
Q & A: ANDREW FUSEK PETERS
Here’s the first of a new Image Space series where we ask Olympus photographers to answer our questions: we’re kicking off with Andrew Fusek Peters, who’s been brightening up social media and British newspapers with extraordinary back garden bird action shots and superb star trails…
THE NOT SO HAPPY SNAPPER
by Peter Dench
The not so happy snapper needs help and I, and hopefully, you, have something to offer. Perhaps witnessing other people being happy and doing inspiring things could be a way for them to glean some happiness of their own?
TIME TO REFLECT AND REFOCUS
By Marcus Clackson
One of the few positives we can take from the current situation and the disruption to our normal working lives has been the extra time it has gifted us…so much time!
HELLO ISOLATION NATION!
By Rob Cottle
Since moving house a few years back, I’ve run a small project of photographing birds through the double-glazed office (mostly pigeons, but I love pigeons) or kitchen windows and in these weird hermit-like times of self-isolation, I thought it a good time to write a blog about it.
ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY – LOOKING BEYOND THE OBVIOUS
By Steve Gosling
As someone who likes to be out and about in the fresh air, I have been working hard to avoid going stir crazy. Read on to find out which activities have helped to keep me both entertained and sane!
WORKING WITH WHAT YOU HAVE
HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR PORTRAITURE IN ISOLATION
by Jay McLaughlin
For anyone that specialises in photographing people, quarantine can present a challenge. That doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t practice and hone your craft though, so I thought I’d share a few tips for photography at home.