THE EARTH S BEAUTIFUL SIDE

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PHOTOGRAPHING

THE EARTH’S BEAUTIFUL SIDE

F E AT U R I N G T I P S A N D T E C H N I Q U E S F R O M O LY M P U S V I S I O N A R Y P E T E R B A U M G A R T E N

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PHOTOGRAPHING THE EARTH’S BEAUTIFUL SIDE

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26. SHOOTING BREATHTAKING LANDSCAPE

PHOTOGRAPHY

TAKES A GREAT EYE, OUR CAMERA AND THIS GUIDE.

Meet Peter Baumgarten.

OM-D E-M1X | M.Zuiko Digital ED 7-14mm F2.8 PRO at 7mm | F7.1 | 1/15sec | ISO200

OM-D E-M1 Mark III | M.Zuiko Digital ED 7-14mm F2.8 PRO at 7mm | F11 | 13sec | ISO200

All images, including front & back cover, shot by Olympus Visionary Peter Baumgarten.

Peter’s top tips.

Introducing the OM-D E-M1 Series.

Everything OM-D.

Sharing your landscape photos.

Top landscape photography lenses.

Olympus Workspace editing software.

Peter Baumgarten’s gear bag.

Know where you’re going.

OM-D tech tips.

Earth has boundless natural beauty. You just need to know where to look and how to capture it. Olympus Visionary Peter Baumgarten has spent a lifetime elevating landscape photography into art. Peter shoots with the compact, lightweight Olympus OM-D system.

It gives him freedom and mobility that can’t be found in other cameras and is critical to creating his stunning work. Our guide is full of valuable tips and techniques on shooting landscape photos so vibrant you’ll feel like you’re in the scene.

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OM-D E-M1X | M.Zuiko Digital ED 8mm F1.8 Fisheye | F7.1 | 1/50sec | ISO200

PETER

BAUMGARTEN’S POWERFUL WORK TAKES YOU PLACES

EVEN WHILE YOU’RE SITTING STILL.

The best landscape photography doesn’t just capture natural beauty. It transports you. No one does this better than Peter Baumgarten. After all, he lives on an island in Ontario, Canada, surrounded by awe-inspiring scenery. Peter specializes in seeing and experiencing nature in ways most people miss. His powerfully moving landscape and wildlife photography has been featured in many Canadian and American magazines plus a variety of websites. Peter is a dedicated teacher and has spent decades holding photography workshops and lectures. He loves to go wilderness camping, canoeing and kayaking — always with his Olympus camera.

Peter’s love of Olympus dates back 40 years to when he was 12 years old. He currently shoots with the OM-D system and is thrilled that he can capture his vision without being weighed down by heavy gear. “I don’t want a camera that gets in the way of my creative vision. I want one that is an extension of that vision. Every time I pick up one of my Olympus cameras, it becomes part of me as a visual artist.”

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THEY AREN’T JUST PHOTOS.

THEY’RE

INSPIRATION.

Top Left: OM-D E-M1X | M.Zuiko Digital ED 7-14mm F2.8 PRO at 11mm | F7.1 | 1/20sec | ISO64 Bottom Left: OM-D E-M1 Mark II | M.Zuiko Digital ED 7-14mm F2.8 PRO at 7mm | F2.8 | 8sec | ISO3200 Right: OM-D E-M1X | M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm F4.0 IS PRO at 31mm | F6.3 | 1/1000sec | ISO250

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KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING. ADVICE THAT APPLIES TO BOTH

LIFE AND LANDSCAPE SHOOTING ^.

OM-D E-M1 Mark III | M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm F4.0 IS PRO at 12mm | F8 | 1/100sec | ISO200

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It’s basic but critical for success: Understand where you’ll be shooting. Follow these tips for studying your location so you can bring home spectacular shots.

WORK THE SCENE.

While waiting for the ideal light, look around. Work your subject’s angles. Move around and change perspective.

Sometimes your best shot isn’t the one you planned.

RESEARCH FIRST. SHOOT LATER.

Know your location before going. Research people’s images online. Check the weather. Study satellite imagery of the area. Talk to other people who’ve been to the location. The more you know, the more successful your shoot.

FIND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

Think of your scene as a canvas, and try to pull out the basic elements of design. Check for interesting lines, patterns, forms and contrasts that will change your landscape into a work of art. Then make sure they become your eye-catching point of interest.

SELECTIVELY SHOOT.

What you don’t include in the frame is as important as what’s seen in the frame. Eliminate anything distracting to a viewer’s eye.

EXPLORE YOUR BACKYARD.

You don’t have to travel to exotic locations. There may be dozens of places to photograph dramatic landscapes just a short drive from your home.

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FOLLOW THESE

TIPS TO HELP YOU CAPTURE THE

WORLD ^. LEARN THE LIGHT.

You could spend six hours in the morning observing how the light hits a location, then six hours at the end of the day. Use filters and exposure bracketing to control light and your image.

THINK EXTREME.

Shoot with wide-angle lenses and telephoto lenses. You could get a surprising shot. Take photos from above your head or shoot from a lower position to capture unusual angles.

REHEARSE YOUR SHOT.

Arrive early and test. Try different ways to compose the scene, and take plenty of test shots before the good light comes. You’ll work more efficiently.

TAKE YOUR TIME.

Patience isn’t just a virtue; it’s critical. Get to your location well before the good light, and wait around to see what the light does to your subject later in the day. It could look totally different.

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GO RAW.

Shooting in RAW format provides the highest level of quality and gives you the most control over how your image looks. It’s easier to recover shadows and highlights in post-production.

You’ve done your research. You’ve arrived at your location. Now what? Here are more helpful tips on capturing beautifully evocative landscape shots from one of the best shooters in the business.

OM-D E-M1X | M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100 F4.0 IS PRO | F7.1 | 1/320sec | ISO200

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LANDSCAPE

PHOTOGRAPHY TAKES TIRELESS EFFORT.

SHOOT WITH A SYSTEM

THAT WON’T EXHAUST YOU.

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The OM-D E-M1 Series is an alternative to big, bulky camera systems. Our lightweight, compact cameras and lenses are amazingly portable — ideal for helping Peter Baumgarten be more mobile and shoot creatively. After all, you often need long hikes to locations, and the last thing you want is heavy gear weighing you down.

OM-D cameras are packed with technology tailor-made for landscape photography.

You’ll find industry-leading in-body 5-Axis Image Stabilization to compensate for camera shake and capture sharp, crisp images. Fast, accurate autofocusing ensures you’ll never miss a critical shot.

The OM-D system is a continually expanding system with compact lenses for any shooting situation. As your interest in landscape photography — or in any type of photography — grows, the OM-D system grows with you.

LANDSCAPE LANDSCAPE

PHOTOGRAPHY TAKES PHOTOGRAPHY TAKES

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BUILT-IN WEATHERSEALING.

Bad weather sneaks up on you. But with E-M1 Series cameras, you’re ready. They’re splashproof, dustproof and freezeproof (down to 14°F/ -10°C). No protective gear necessary. Focus on nailing the best possible landscape shot instead of worrying about your camera.

YOUR BEST SHOT AT CAPTURING STUNNING

LANDSCAPE

PHOTOGRAPHS .

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FEATURING THE OM-D E-M1 MARK III CAMERA &

M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 8-25MM F4.0 PRO LENS

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NEUTRAL DENSITY. NO FILTER.

Create dreamy, moody landscapes without carrying ND Filters.

The E-M1 Series previews slow shutter effects in the viewfinder before shooting. Live ND Mode eliminates swapping ND filters for each shooting scene or lens. Choose from 5 ND levels starting from 1EV to 5EV.

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COMPACT WITH SUPERB IMAGE QUALITY.

No one wants to hike to a photo location lugging heavy gear. Let Olympus lighten your load. The compact OM-D system delivers image quality on par with DSLR systems and adds freedom of movement, allowing you to shoot more creatively.

HANDHELD FREEDOM.

A tripod is a drag to haul around. The E-M1 Series lets you leave it at home. Handheld High Res Shot Mode automatically captures 16 shots and merges them into one spectacular super resolution 50MP image. It’s perfect for anyone looking to travel light.

FRONT-TO-BACK SHARPNESS.

Focus stacking is an ideal feature for landscape photography when you’re using an ultra wide-angle lens or have a subject in both the foreground and background. With in-camera Focus Stacking, the E-M1 Series automatically captures several shots with varying focal points, then merges them to form a single super-sharp image.

HANDHELD AND BLUR-FREE.

When you have in-camera image stabilization, you don’t need a tripod. You’ll take crisp, handheld super-telephoto landscape shots.

You’ll even capture bright, clear stills in low light. Our industry-leading system on the E-M1 Series adjusts for all types of camera movement to provide up to 7.0 steps of compensation.

PRECISE AUTOFOCUS.

It helps to have blazing fast and pinpoint accurate autofocus for photographing landscapes. The E-M1 Series features our Dual Autofocus system with 121 points of Phase Detection plus Contrast Detection AF. Each cross-type AF point delivers superior detection of horizontal and vertical lines, giving you superior accuracy.

OM-D E-M5 Mark II | M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm F2.8 PRO at 12mm | F8.0 | 1/200sec | ISO200

OM-D E-M1X M.Zuiko Digital ED 7-14mm F2.8 PRO F3.2 | 0.6sec | ISO200

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TIPS TO HELP YOU MASTER THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF

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05. USE APERTURE PRIORITY MODE.

As a landscape photographer, some of your greatest creative control involves the aperture setting you choose, so start by shooting in Aperture Priority Mode. This allows you to control your depth of field within the scene. Use the preview button to confi rm your depth of fi eld before shooting.

USE FOCUS STACKING.

For situations where your foreground subject may be inches from the front lens element, enable focus b r a c keting and stacking. This allows you to capture extreme depths of field that would not be possible with a single shot. It opens up creative potential in your compositions.

SHOOT AT A LOW ISO.

A lower ISO will help guarantee the cleanest possible image. A corresponding slower shutter speed is not usually an issue for most landscape scenes, but if you do have action to freeze, bump up your ISO to 400, or even to 1000, to achieve a faster shutter speed.

PROGRAM THE CUSTOM MENU.

Program the custom menu to include some of your more frequently used features. This can save time in the field. Focus Stacking, Time Lapse, Live ND, High Res Mode and Bracketing are features that come in handy as a landscape photographer.

USE THE EXPOSURE COMPENSATION DIAL AND HISTOGRAM.

Control the light by keeping your finger on the exposure compensation dial. The beauty of a mirrorless camera is that you can easily see your final exposure before you even press the shutter. Enabling the histogram is also a great way to check your exposure. It’s a good practice to bump up your highlights even if the image looks a bit overexposed. They are easy to recover when you post-process the image and will prevent too much noise within the shadow regions of the photo.

BRACKET YOUR EXPOSURE.

In tricky lighting situations where there are large differences between the highlights and shadows, use exposure bracketing. The camera will capture multiple images of the same scene at different e x p o s u re s , a l l o w i n g you to choose the best option later.

CONTROL YOUR FOCUSING.

Use the single autofocus point (S-AF) to better control where your lens is focusing, and ideally choose a point approximately 1/3 of the distance i n t o y our scene. For greater control, switch to manual focus and enable the focus-assist features (magnification and focus peaking).

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WE MAKE IT EASY TO SHARE YOUR BEST LANDSCAPE SHOTS ON

THE INTERNET ^.

WE MAKE IT EASY

Download and install OI.Share app.

Tap the Wi-Fi icon on the camera’s screen to display the camera’s QR code.

Install Wi-Fi confi guration profi le. When installation is fi nished, tap “Complete.”

When the camera is connected, the icon on the tab at the bottom of the app’s Home screen will read “on.”

Now that your smartphone and camera are synced, you can start sending images to your phone, then to your friends and followers.

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The OM-D E-M1 Series features built-in Wi-Fi, so you can send your landscape photographs to your smartphone or tablet. From there, your photos can be uploaded to your favorite social media site in a minute or two. All you need is our free Olympus Image Share app for your smart device. Let’s get started.

Launch OI.Share on your smartphone. Open the tab at the bottom of the Home screen, and tap “Easy Setup” to scan the QR code.

NOTE: With iOS, if your smartphone is connected to a home Wi-Fi router or other access point it, will not automatically connect to the camera via Wi-Fi, and the setup won’t complete. Open your Wi-Fi settings in your phone, and manually select your camera as the connection source.

Olympus Visionary Peter Baumgarten uses the OM-D E-M1X and M.Zuiko Digital ED 7-14mm F2.8 PRO lens to capture this stunning sunset.

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OUR EDITING

SOFTWARE IS THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GREAT PHOTO AND A SPECTACULAR ONE .

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Peter Baumgarten relies on Olympus Workspace to take his work to a whole new level of stunning. Our free photo management and editing program makes post-production work easier, and because it’s specially designed for Olympus file output, you’re assured the cleanest processing of images captured on your OM-D.

• With Workspace, you’re guaranteed the most accurate color reproduction from your OM-D.

• Customize your Workspace screen layout to match the way you like to work.

• Quickly check your focus and image quality using one-click 100% magnifi cation.

• Elevate your work to new heights with more than a dozen editing features.

• OM-D in-camera settings are also available in Workspace, providing you the same shooting options after the shot was captured.

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COMPACT

AND LIGHTWEIGHT,

BECAUSE WHO REALLY WANTS TO CARRY BIG AND HEAVY?

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M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 7-14MM F2.8 PRO

Capture a mountain range using this ultra wide-angle lens. A bright, fast aperture will help you take spectacular low light images.

M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 8MM F1.8 FISHEYE PRO

Take panoramic images with a full 180º view. It also works with super-fast shutter speeds for capturing creative, low light fisheye effect photos.

M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-100MM F4.0 IS PRO

A perfect lens for landscape shooting, thanks to a high-magnification zoom covering a 35mm equivalent 24mm–200mm focal range. It offers incredible versatility in a compact size.

M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40-150MM F2.8 PRO

A portable zoom featuring world-class optics that deliver stunningly sharp telephoto images.

M.Zuiko lenses bring out the best in our cameras. Together, they can handle any shooting situation. All our lenses are built to rigorous quality standards and feature premium, precision-cut glass with bright, fast apertures. Peter Baumgarten shoots with the M.Zuiko PRO line for landscape photography.

They’re weathersealed for shooting in all conditions. Our lenses are compact yet deliver imaging power equal to much larger lenses. Presenting a few of Peter’s go-to lenses:

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300MM F4.0 IS PRO (600MM)

40-150MM F2.8 PRO (80-300MM)

YOU NEED

TWO THINGS TO START

SHOOTING AMAZING

LANDSCAPE PHOTOS.

*GEAR YOU NEED TO GET STARTED.

TWO THINGS

8MM F1.8 FISHEYE PRO (16MM)

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The compact, lightweight OM-D camera system is rich with features to capture whatever image you see in your mind. The OM-D E-M1 Series is especially well suited to landscape photography because you don’t need to carry lots of heavy gear to your location. Here’s what you’ll find in Peter Baumgarten’s bag.

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12-100MM F4.0 IS PRO (24-200MM)

12MM F2.0 (24MM)

7-14MM F2.8 PRO (14-28MM)*

E-M1X

E-M1 MARK III*

E-M1X

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THE EARTH S BEAUTIFUL SIDE

PHOTOGRAPHING