Younes Bounhar Photography

Starry Night in the ‘Quin

Having spent the better part of the last 14 years between Montreal and Ottawa, I had yet to visit Algonquin park. That is, until this week-end. I badly needed to get out and do some snowshoeing/shooting, so I emailed a buddy of mine to head out there for the week-end. After a fairly unsuccessful day of shooting (not really the best of the year), Christoph and I had a surprisingly nice  dinner at the Mad Husker (also a good and cheap place to stay) and thought that we hadn’t had enough shooting so we headed back to the park to get some star trail shots.

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Posted on March 15th, 2009 in Photography Tips | No Comments »

Graduated Neutral Density Filters (GNDs)

While the usefulness of graduated neutral density filters (GND) in landscape photography is widely acknowledged, their use is not very intuitive. In this little note, I will not dwell on the details of using GNDs (soft vs hard-edge, 2 vs 3-stop), but I would rather address a matter of practical utility.

When I bought my first set of filters, I made sure I also got the requisite compliment of filter holders and adaptor rings (one to fit each of my lenses). The filter holders are certainly handy and useful when you have long exposures or when you need to be away from your camera while the shot is being taken (think when you are your only available model on the field).

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Posted on March 12th, 2009 in Gear | 3 Comments »

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