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OM Summer School 2026 Lesson One – Aperture ✨

Take your seats for the first session of this year's OM Summer School! This weekend we want you to think about APERTURE: if you've never truly understood it, take the next few days to get out with your camera and study this fundamental feature. Even the most advanced photographers need a refresher every now and then – so if you're a pro, we challenge you to use aperture in a totally different way to how you'd normally set your camera up and see how it changes your photography...

Save this post if you need to read back later – otherwise, add your questions in the comments and please dive in if you know the answer: let's help each other get to grips with aperture!

As ever, tag your own pictures with if you share images related to the subject: we'll be keeping a look-out for your work 👀

"Here's the challenge from OM SYSTEM: take a wildlife picture using Pro Capture, one of the great features of the OM-1 Mark II camera.

But there's a catch...

I'm not a wildlife photographer.

I'm a studio based portrait photographer. Wildlife isn't really my thing.

So can the advanced features of this camera really compensate for someone who's not got the skills?

Well, no.

But hopefully it allows me to take a reasonably good picture – and that's the challenge I'm going to undertake today..."

Watch OM SYSTEM Gavtrain Gavin Hoey Photography walk you through the basics of Pro Capture, one of the most exciting OM SYSTEM features for capturing wildlife and the natural world.

Save this post for later if you can't watch it now - and tag in someone who'd love a little help with their wildlife photography!

Tutorial: How to use Pro Capture on the OM SYSTEM cameras In this video, photographer Gavin Hoey takes on a challenge from OM...