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Vote For Photo Of The Month: September 2016

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Choose from these five great community photo submissions and vote for your favourite Photo of the Month!

23rd September 2016 0

10 Tips on Buying Photography Gear

Blog

The team at the SLR Lounge has compiled a list of 10 tips to help you when it comes to buying photographic gear.

22nd September 2016 0

Win with GoPro and Orms!

Competitions

Stand a chance to WIN the latest GoPro Hero5 Black with Orms! All you have to do is share your best video to enter! Details in the post.

22nd September 2016 0

Orms Maker Series | Cape Town Photographer, Michelle Viljoen

#OrmsMakerSeries: Interview with Designer and Photographer, Michelle Viljoen

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Get inspired by Michelle Viljoen, a young Cape Town-based photographer who we caught up with to find out how she started in photography, the gear she loves and what drives her inspiration.

21st September 2016 0

Announced the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with 4K Video

The Canon 5D Mark IV Comes With a 30.4-Megapixel Sensor and 4K video

Photographic Gear

Today Canon has revealed the all new EOS 5D Mark IV, an outstanding still photography option with 4K video capability!

25th August 2016 0

Photo Of The Month 2016 | Everything You Need to Know

Blog / Competitions

Everything you need to know to take part in the Orms Photo Of The Month Challenge, take a look…

6th January 2016 0

Buying and Selling Used Gear at Orms Cape Town (1)

Used Gear: A Quick Guide to Buying and Selling

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We get so many questions regarding buying and selling used gear, we thought it might be a good idea to write a quick guide to help clear up any questions.

25th February 2015 0

Tutorial: How to do Black & White Toning In Photoshop

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In this quick tutorial, Manni will teach you how to do Black & White Toning with Photoshop.

22nd September 2016 0

The New GoPro HERO5 Experience

Cinematography / Photographic Gear

Meet the latest editions to the GoPro family, coming to Orms Direct soon!

20th September 2016 0

Shooting a 360° Panoramic Image with Robert Miller

OrmsTV

Watch as Cape Town-based photographer, Robert Miller demonstrates and explains how to shoot a 360° image.

20th September 2016 2

Image Shows Caiman Wearing a Crown of Butterflies

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Photographer Mark Cowan captures image showing a caiman in the Amazon wearing a crown of butterflies on its head.

19th September 2016 0

RetutPro Light Talk: Two Light Setup

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Lighting Tutorial: In this week’s episode of Light Talk, we look at a simple two light setup with Manni at Retutpro.

19th September 2016 0

Exhibitions At The 2016 FNB Joburg Art Fair

News & Events / Orms Print Room & Framing

In Pictures: A few photos from the 2016 FNB Joburg Art Fair, featuring works by both African and South African artists.

16th September 2016 0

Top 10 tips to Make You a Better Photographer

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It’s your lucky day! Watch as the boys from OrmsTV share their top 10 tips to make you a better photographer…

15th September 2016 0

Nature vs Humanity on a 4×5 Large Format Film Camera

Film Photography

A look at the magnificent work by Swedish fine art photographer, Helene Schmitz as she explores the complicated, and sometimes violent relationship between humans and nature.

14th September 2016 0

Overexposing Colour Film

Film Photography

Watch as George from Negative Feedback shoots Kodak Portra 400 at different speeds, to compare the effects of over exposing colour film.

13th September 2016 0

RetutPro: Adding Warm Colour Tones in Photoshop

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This week, Manni demonstrates how to use a combination of different adjustments to add warm colour tones in Photoshop.

13th September 2016 0

The Making of “Closet Space” Short Film

Blog / Cinematography

A behind the scenes look at how Swedish filmmaker, David F Sandberg put together a simple, but brilliant short film with nothing more than an idea, an empty apartment, and the equipment basics.

7th September 2016 0

Introducing the Canon Cinema EOS C700 Digital Cinema Camera

Cinematography / Photographic Gear

Say hello to Canon’s flagship camera in its Cinema EOS series, the EOS C700.

6th September 2016 0

How to Use a Circular Polarising Filter Like a Champ

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Join landscape photographer, Joshua Cripps as he shares a few tips to help you get the most from your circular polarising filter on your next photographic adventure.

6th September 2016 0

RetutPro: How To Add Light Reflections in Photoshop

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In this quick tutorial, Manni will teach you how to add a little pop and light reflections to car windows using Photoshop.

5th September 2016 0

OrmsTV: Fujifilm Lens Review

OrmsTV

Watch as Cape Town-based photographers, Leon Oosthuizen and Du Wayne Denton set out to test some of the best professional lenses Fujifilm has on offer.

5th September 2016 0

Interview with Fashion Photographer, Themba Muyisa

#OrmsMakerSeries Interview with Fashion Photographer, Themba Mbuyisa

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Get inspired by Themba Mbuyisa, a young South African photographer taking the world of fashion and street style by storm.

31st August 2016 1

RetutPro: How To Replace a Shadow in Photoshop

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Watch as Manni will demonstrates how to replace shadows in Photoshop.

30th August 2016 0

Give your old artwork a facelift with a new frame by Orms Print Room & Framing

Out With The Old, In With The New

Blog / Orms Print Room & Framing / Orms Print Room Inspiration

See how Orms Print Room & Framing helped a client modernise and freshen up a selection of original oil paintings for her Cape Town apartment.

30th August 2016 0

Photography: Truth or Beauty

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Watch as Ted Forbes from The Art of Photography looks at ethics and how photography is used, as well as the age old argument of truth vs beauty.

29th August 2016 0

Inside a Camera at 10,000fps with The Slow Mo Guys

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Watch as The Slow Mo Guys demonstrate just how insanely quick the inside of a DSLR camera moves when it takes a picture…

29th August 2016 0

Tilt-Shift Lens Basics with Vincent Laforet

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Vincent Laforet gives an overview of what a tilt-shift lens is, how it differs from other lenses and how to use it.

26th August 2016 0

Oxford Fish and Chip Shop Doubles as Photo Studio

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See how a creative fish and chip shop owner in Oxford has been using the back of his store to create a special photographic project.

25th August 2016 0

Vote For Photo Of The Month: August 2016

Competitions

Choose from these five great community photo submissions and vote for your favourite Photo of the Month!

24th August 2016 0

Award-Winning ‘Wonderland’ Series by Kirsty Mitchell

Blog / Orms Print Room & Framing / Orms Print Room Inspiration

Watch as award-winning fine art photographer, Kirsty Mitchell talks about her inspiration behind the ‘Wonderland’ Series, the work that’s gone into each photograph and the book that followed…

24th August 2016 0