Check your settings

after the fact.

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Ubyssey Photo
June 04, 2025

Did you know that when you upload photos to your computer from your DSLR, you can check the settings that you took the photo with? That’s right, everything from shutter speed, aperture, ISO, white balance… it’s all there!

When I was in high school —instead of going out and making friends— I used to spend hours looking at my old photos and their respective settings. It can actually be pretty helpful when you’re trying to train your instinct for what settings to use! And don’t just look at your good photos…also look at your very cringy idk-how-cameras-work photos because that’s where you’ll learn the most!

Anyway, take or leave that tip as you would like. Now for a TON of pitches!

Announcement

  • Pitchlists will be released on Wednesdays at 12pm

    • (It might not be weekly since there’s less pitches in the summer but if there are pitches, they will be posted at this time)

On the Photos app on macs, you can right click the photo and then select “get info” to see the settings.

First time contributing? Start here!

1. Check out these guides to the Ubyssey photo section and what makes a good photo.

2. To claim a pitch, reply to this email and wait for confirmation from me that it's still available.

3. If you need to borrow a camera, let me know when you sign up for a pitch.

4. Take as many photos as you think fit the assignment, then select the best 5–10. Feel free to use editing software as needed (and let me know if you need Lightroom access).

5. Send photos in JPG format and make sure each file is between 1–3MB.

6. Name the photos as follows: YYYYMMDD_first initial_last name_pitch_file number (e.g., 20210908 i falsetti sky train 1)

7. Upload photos into the folder that will be shared with you from the [email protected] account. If you don’t have Google Drive, please let me know.

Photo pitches

Please send in all photos by 12 p.m. on the deadline (unless the event you are covering is happening that day). If you need to borrow a camera, let me know when you sign up for a pitch.

Guide

It’s time for the annual The Ubyssey’s Guide to UBC! It’s a great low-pressure way to get involved and there’s a tons of photos that need to be taken! From buildings to students to abstract concepts, there’s a photo pitch for you ;)

Take a look at this document to see available pitches.

Sports

  1. The new professional Canadian women’s soccer league (the NSL) is playing in its inaugural season! Attend the Vancouver vs Toronto game on June 11th at 7pm at the Burnaby Swangard Stadium to take photos of two UBC alumni on the teams.
    Deadline: June 12

Features

  1. Take a headshot of JP Catungal, an assistant professor in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. This is for a profile piece. Email me for his contact information!
    Deadline: June 11

Culture

  1. The Queer Arts Festival is coming up! Take a photo of either Paul Wong or his piece on display at QAF's Varied Editions exhibition

    Deadline: June 12

News

  1. Take a photo of the SASC offices for an article about the AMS Sexual Assault Support Centre’s Education Department.
    Deadline: June 11