{"id":595,"date":"2019-06-10T19:22:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T19:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ytg.fr\/?page_id=595"},"modified":"2022-08-17T13:12:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T13:12:54","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ytg.fr\/?page_id=595","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h4>Hello, I&#8217;m Yoann Thi\u00e9baut-George, and welcome to my photographic experiments pages !<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I got my first camera and quickly became a passionate self-taught photographer in the early 2000&#8217;s, during my Arts studies.<br \/>Since then, I enjoy shooting rich and vibrant scenes of both urban and natural environments. <br \/>I &#8216;m trying to take pictures which can be appreciated both as a whole image, but also including many sub-zones with plenty of tiny details, where the eye can linger for a moment. <br \/>Some of them appearing only after multiple inspections, providing some interest in re-viewing them more than once, and still having new things to discover within them.<br \/><br \/>As I&#8217;m curious about both the smaller and larger scales of nature, Macro\/Ultra-Macro and Astrophotography naturally added to my photographic hobbies along the way. <br \/>Over the years, I&#8217;ve learned a lot by trial and error, and internet ressources =)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #e6e6e6;\"><strong>Visited Locations: <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n<p>French Guyana \/ Martinique island \/ R\u00e9union island \/ England \/ Australia &amp; Austria \/ USA \/ Switzerland \/ South Africa \/ Brazil \/ China \/ Duba\u00ef \/ Qatar \/ Italy \/ Spain \/ Belgium \/ Netherland \/ Germany \/ Slovakia \/ Venezuela \/ Singapore \/ Hong-Kong \/ Indonesia \/ Greece&#8230; and many more are still on the To-Go list !<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #e6e6e6;\"><strong>Specific techniques used:<\/strong> <\/span><\/h4>\r\n<p>High Dynamic Range imaging including Pre&amp;Post-Processing &#8211; UltraMacro (2x-12x) Focus Stacking &#8211; Astronomy Frame Stacking<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Photo Gear doesn&#8217;t make a good photographer. But&#8230;some higher-end lenses\/sensors combos clearly helped me getting way better pictures than with my earlier kits. <br \/>Tutorials &amp; softwares\/plugins training in general has also helped me achieving higher quality results through pre- and post-processing of my raw files.<br \/>Most of my photo gear has been bought second-hand, and here&#8217;s the humble log so far :<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #e6e6e6;\"><strong>Past cameras &amp; lenses (2002-2018)<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Bodies: Sony Cybershot DSC-P71 -&gt; Canon EOS 400D -&gt; Canon Eos 50D -&gt; Canon EOS 7D &amp; Grip<\/li>\r\n<li>Lenses:<br \/>&#8211; Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS f\/3.5-5.6 <br \/>&#8211; EF 50mm f\/1.8 II <br \/>&#8211; EF 75-300 mm F\/4-5.6 II USM <br \/>&#8211; EF 70-300mm f\/4-5.6 IS USM <br \/>&#8211; EF-S 17-55mm f\/2.8 IS USM <br \/>&#8211; EF-S 10-18 mm F\/4,5-5,6 IS STM <br \/>(the two last ones were fantastic with the Canon 50D &amp; 7D APS-C)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #e6e6e6;\">Present gear :<\/span><br \/><\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Sony A7III + SmallRig L-Bracket<\/li>\r\n<li>Benro FGP18A Go Plus Travel &amp; Benro Ib1 Ballhead + Manfrotto Clamp<\/li>\r\n<li>Sony FE 24-105mm f\/4 G OSS<\/li>\r\n<li>Laowa 15mm F\/2 Zero-D<\/li>\r\n<li>Laowa 25 mm f\/2.8 2.5-5X Ultra Macro<\/li>\r\n<li>Sigma MC11 for Canon mount + contactless Nikkon and M42 adaptors for Sony FE mount<\/li>\r\n<li>Canon EF 70-200mm f\/2.8 USM &amp; Canon 1.4x Teleconverter<\/li>\r\n<li>Canon EF 100mm f\/2.8 Macro USM<\/li>\r\n<li>Asahi Super Takumar SMC 50mm f1.4 thorium coated radioactive lens (UV cleared the vintage yellowing\/browning of the Canada balsam)<\/li>\r\n<li>Nikon Micro-Nikkor 55mm f\/3.5<\/li>\r\n<li>Chinon 28 mm f\/ 2.8 Auto Lens<\/li>\r\n<li>That weird Samyang 500mm f\/6.3 MC IF Mirror lens<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #e6e6e6;\"><strong>Astro gear: <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n<p>Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope 1500mm f\/12 (Skywatcher 127 AZ-Goto)\u00a0 &amp; 3Dprinted custom focus ring<br \/>+ Barlow x2 to x5 &amp; Canon mount T-Ring &#8211;\u00a0 IR &amp; Lunar filters &#8211; modded Logitech C270 webcam <br \/>&#8211; ZWO Atmospheric Dispertion Corrector &#8211; Kepler Dielectric diagonal mirror &#8211; 3D printed Bahtinov masks<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><span style=\"color: #e6e6e6;\"><strong>UltraMacro extra gear: <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n<p>Canon mount Fotodiox 150mm Bellow &#8211; Extension tubes (31+21+13mm)<br \/>Macro Reverse Ring Mount Adapters &#8211; Velbon Super Mag Slider MicroRail<br \/>many usefull LED lights of every shape and size<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I&#8217;m Yoann Thi\u00e9baut-George, and welcome to my photographic experiments pages ! 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