Canon Camera Tips

Canon's Explorers of Light program has earned worldwide acclaim since its inception in December 1994. Out of the original 55 renowned photographers who made a two-year commitment to the program, 36 are still active participants. Including 20 recent additions to the roster, there are 78 current Explorers in total. Explorers make presentations at colleges and universities; appear and participate in on-site and online workshops as well as seminars; act as panelists, demonstrators and make appearances at trade shows such as PMA (Photo Marketing Association) and PhotoPlus Expo (an annual professional photography show held in New York City); exhibit in museums and galleries, and make presentations before a variety of professional and amateur groups.

Truly wonderful programs excel on many levels. The Explorers of Light program excels in various ways by allowing Explorers to act as mentors while also helping to bridge the gap between the professional photo community and amateur photographers. Canon Digital Camera Explorer Greg Gorman, an iconic portraitist, says the “program is an opportunity to return something to our industry. Canon Digital Camera graciously provides us with a platform and an opportunity to share our vision, our passion and our perspective with a new generation of photographers." Explorer and legendary nature photographer Jim Brandenburg says, "Nowhere more than in nature is light more important in conveying the power, vitality and beauty of a subject. It is light that can transform what might otherwise appear to be a barren white snowscape into a paradise, frozen in time. I am delighted to be part of this group of Canon photographers called on to illuminate some of those very sensibilities so that nature's most instinctive and often intimate moments can be shared by people around the world."

Through its association with the Explorers of Light, Canon Digital Camera is afforded the opportunity to present the benefits of EOS within the context of the most creative and most technically challenging environments in imaging today. Canon Digital Camera is honored by each and every Explorer’s choice to use EOS as their preferred camera system. The Explorers are featured in the E.O.L. Gallery and interviews on this site (with links to their own sites for further investigation) and in many Canon-sponsored events. As members of the Explorer program, all of the photographers are able to broaden their audience by teaching (something they are generally too busy to do otherwise), communicate their boundless enthusiasm for photography, as well as deliver their messages about life and work that they hold most dear.

Individuals who spend time looking at the breathtaking and infinitely varied images created by Explorers will, undoubtedly, be inspired to read about the photographers who made those images, learn about their astounding accomplishments (starting with the wonderful new series of interviews here), and see more of their work - all in order to try and inspire each person to take a camera ‘in-hand’ and explore all of the possibilities that photography has to offer for themselves.