Innholdsfortegnelse for March 2015 i PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine

PhotoPlus •We’re the only magazine in the newsagent that’s 100% dedicated to Canon D-SLRs – making us 100% relevant to your needs. •We’re 100% independent. We don’t answer to Canon and don’t rely on them for advertising – if Canon brings out a new camera or lens and it’s rubbish, we’ll say so! •We’re all Canon D-SLR enthusiasts and between us we’ve got 200 years of photography experience. We’re excited about passing on what we’ve learned – even from our mistakes! •We don’t assume you’re a millionaire. We focus on the Canon D-SLRs most people buy, and feature software and accessories within the average person’s budget. •Our Video Disc has an unrivalled collection of D-SLR technique and Photoshop videos – which can be viewed via our digital editions too! •We…

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Your guide Hollie Latham You may have heard of the term ‘double’ or ‘multiple’ exposure; it’s a technique that originates from the days of film when a frame was exposed twice (or more) for creative effect. While digital photographers can replicate this effect using software such as Photoshop, until recently there hasn’t been a method to capture this in-camera. Cue the 5D Mk III, 1D X, 6D, 70D and, most recently, the 7D Mk II, which offer an in-camera multiple exposure mode to mimic the effect. In this project we’re going to focus on the Continuous Shooting option (only available on the 5D Mk III, 1D X and 7D Mk II), which fires a rapid burst of shots to create a sequence of up to nine exposures on a single…

Your guide Claire Gillo Street photography is a genre that’s great fun, and requires no special kit aside from your Canon D-SLR and a lens. The variety of people and places you’ll come across can be inspirational, and the more street images you shoot, the more your confidence as a photographer will grow. For this tutorial we're creating a street image with a difference. We've shot real people, then turned their outlines into silhouettes, cut them out, and arranged them to create a street scene. We’ve then photographed the scene, illuminating it with a torch, and combined elements from two shots to create the final image. If you want to cut out the first part of our tutorial we’ve provided a file of silhouettes ready to print. However, while we've…

Not everything you photograph will fall neatly into the dynamic range of the camera. Sometimes the highlights will be blown, other times the shadows will become blocked up and solid black. In some high-contrast situations, such as when photographing a landscape at dawn and dusk, or shooting someone backlit against a bright sky, the exposure difference between the brightest areas and the darkest may be so extreme that you lose detail in both. While you can use exposure compensation to make a picture brighter or darker overall, you’ll need to decide whether shadow or highlight detail is more important. Alternatively, compress the scene’s dynamic range into that of the camera’s. For instance, when shooting landscapes, use an ND grad filter to darken the exposure on the sky. SHADOWS AND HIGHLIGHTS…

Helsinki Busker Canon EOS 5D Mk II Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Aperture f/2.8 Shutter speed 1/640 sec Andy says “I took this shot in Helsinki in November. Photography in that part of the world late in the year can be quite challenging, as it starts to get dark by early afternoon, but one cloudy and miserable Sunday I decided to try my hand at some street photography. This accordionplaying busker caught my attention, because he was so cheerful despite the poor weather, and because I could see that there was bags of character in his weather-beaten face. I shot with my EF 24-70mm f/2.8L lens wide open and at 70mm, both to let in as much light as possible and also so that I could blur the background. This…

Lumu Light Meter Web: http://lumu.eu Price: £117/$149 It’s rare to see light meters used outside photographic studios, but they’re still a handy accessory if you need accurate metering in difficult lighting. The Lumu slots into your iPhone headphone socket and, with the Lumu app fired up (there are versions for use when shooting stills, video and pinhole), creates an easy-to-use light meter capable of taking incident readings. Hähnel Universal Flash Accessory Kit for Speedlites Web: www.hahnel.ie Price: £50/$80 Designed for use with any Speedlite, this light-shaping set comprises five different modifiers that can be quickly fitted to your hotshoe flash. The set includes a honeycomb diffuser, a flash reflector diffuser, a softbox, a colour-effect filter kit and a foldable light beam snoot, along with a flash bracket with a built-in umbrella…

Peter Travers Editor • EOS 5D Mk III peter.travers@futurenet.com “Our free pullout guide this issue is packed with advice on how to capture movement with your Canon D-SLR (page 55). I love using a 10-stop ND to blur clouds in landscapes.” Angela Nicholson Head of testing • EOS 5D Mk III angela.nicholson@futurenet.com “I love shooting live music. Get the exposure right, then wait for the lights and performer to do something interesting before pressing the shutter release.” Hollie Latham Staff writer • EOS 60D hollie.latham@futurenet.com “I’ve been testing out the multiple exposure mode on the new EOS 7D Mark II to capture a series of images of a moving subject on one frame. See my project on page 44.” Adam Waring Operations editor • EOS 7D adam.waring@futurenet.com “Some things move…

James’s comment “Our final shot was a bit more complicated and involved four lights, a bucket of sand and avoiding cactus needles! We started by positioning the sand and cacti so the shot was framed as we wanted it. We positioned the camera to shoot the scene from an eye-level perspective, and it was great fun creating a sunset using different coloured gels and building up the lights to capture this final effect. Adam showed me how simple it was to build up the lights and modifiers one step at a time to really understand what each component was adding to the scene.” Adam’s Verdict “James was very enthusiastic, eager to learn and was great to work with. I showed him how gels and positioning the lights through a shoot-through…

Having been the owner of a 550D for several years I thought I’d treat myself to a full-frame 6D. Easy enough, just get online find the cheapest; a 6D is 6D, isn’t it? Well, no it isn’t! Online prices range vary wildly, from £889 to £1,299 body-only, or £1,089 for 6D with 75-300 USM lens and a whole bundle of extras – hard to resist! But watch out! Many of these ‘cheap offers’ are from companies based abroad, or UK grey importers sourcing products from overseas. Some products may not contain the correct leads, may have illegally copied software, or be labelled (N) – which means no Wi-Fi or GPS! They also may not be covered by Canon UK warranty or be able to update firmware. A good way to…

To slow down the movement of flowing water in bright daylight you’ll need to use a fairly narrow aperture, a low ISO setting and fit a standard neutral density (ND) filter to your lens. These are available in a range of strengths, with 3-stop, 6-stop and 10-stop filters being some of the most popular options. The ‘stop’ factor indicates how much light the filter blocks. The higher the number, the denser the filter – and the slower the shutter speed you can use. For instance, if you attach a 10-stop ND, an exposure of 1/60 sec at f/11 could be stretched to 17 secs. How slow should you go? Well, it’s entirely up to you! Some photographers love the milky water effect you get at shutter speeds of 30 secs…

Your guide watch the video http://bit.ly/PP_97 Split-toning effects are a popular alternative to straightforward black-and-white conversions. By gently reintroducing fine washes of colour to the shadows and highlights of a mono image you can create a stylish finish while also evoking a particular mood. In the split-toned image we show you how to create below, the shadows have a cool blue tint while the highlight tones have a warmer wash of sepia, and these contrasting colours tease out the textures and shapes in the scene. Photoshop CS and CC versions of the Adobe Camera Raw editor have a Convert to Greyscale panel that enables you to lighten or darken particular colours, which works in a similar way to a Black & White adjustment layer in Photoshop, or Elements’ Convert to…

There are three places you can use the histogram to keep an eye on image brightness: when taking a shot using Live View, when playing back a photo on the camera and when processing an image in software. The advantage during Live View is that you save time. Rather than toing and froing, taking a series of test shots and adjusting the exposure between each one, you can nail the ‘perfect’ exposure before you take a picture. However, it’s not always practical to use this option, particularly if shooting handheld – the histogram can jump all over the place if the camera shifts position even slightly. To display the brightness histogram during playback, press the Info or Disp button to cycle through the information screens. Handily, the next time you…

Adam Gasson Adam offers our Apprentice top professional tuition in the art of colourful macro photography, teaching him how to make a big impact with little flowers. Page 8. Chris Rutter There’s a lens for every job. Landscape photographer Chris reveals the best optics – and his top tips – for photographing the great outdoors. Page 30. James Paterson James sets up the studio lights for stunning portraits of a top model in this issue’s Masterclass. Page 68. See our huge free lighting guide poster for more setups! Martin Parr Renowned photographer of ordinary British life Martin shares the story behind a shot he took at a hair salon on a recent trip to the Black Country. Page 114.…

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Hollie Latham Staff writer hollie.latham@futurenet.com This issue we put the new Canon EOS 7D Mk II and its Multiple Exposure mode to the test in our first project, shooting multiple exposures in-camera – if you don’t have a 7D Mk II we tell you how to do it in Photoshop, too! In our second project, Claire Gillo gets all arty and crafty, creating an indoor street scene in silhouette, using a torch to light a cardboard-cutout set and combining shots in Photoshop Elements to stunning effect. And in this month’s Masterclass, portrait pro James Paterson gives us the lowdown on classic studio setups for professionallooking portraits – to accompany our free lighting guide poster. We also continue our Teach Yourself Photoshop CC series, with two quick-fix tutorials on split-toning a…

Your guide George Cairns Photographs of expansive landscapes can be disappointing when compared with our memory of a scene, because our peripheral vision tends to give us a wider field of view than a camera lens. You could try shooting with a wide-angle lens, but this can darken the corners of the image, and make vertical lines towards the edges of the frame curve. Panoramas are a great way of doing justice to imposing landscapes that are too broad to capture effectively in a single image. By panning the camera to take multiple shots of the scene, and combining these, you can capture a wider field of view with less vignetting and distortion, and also produce a much larger print, especially if you shoot in portrait orientation. Photoshop’s Photomerge command…

The three small colour histograms that you see on the RGB histogram display help you to judge the strength of those colours in an image and whether any are over- or under-saturated. Even when the brightness histogram shows a ‘perfect’ exposure, the red or blue colour histogram can still be clipped. When this happens you may lose fine detail in areas of the picture. Look closely enough and you’ll see that the brightness histogram is based on the green histogram, so it’s worth checking the RGB display when you’re photographing a subject that’s red or blue, as it’s more likely that these channels will be clipped. Try switching to the Neutral picture style when you shoot Raw, for a histogram profile that more closely resembles that of the Raw file.…

Canon queries? Email us at photoplus@futurenet.com What price a high-density filter? The water running over the weir and the choppy surface of the river are smoothed out thanks to a 10-stop ND filter enabling a longer exposure of 30 seconds at f/11 at midday on a bright, sunny winter’s day I’m after some advice about a 10-stop neutral density filter, and which size to get for my Sigma 10-20mm, Canon 18-135mm and Canon 60mm macro lenses. I was thinking of buying the B+W filter, or would you suggest a different make? Also, could you give me some advice about step-up rings, as I believe I might need these as well? Anne Fraser Fife Peter says 10-stop ND filters are a great creative tool, enabling long exposures even in bright, sunny…

Issue 96 February 2015 No more bad portraits! Camera and lens skills for great people pictures l Apprentice: The need for Speedlites l Buyers’ guide – the lowdown on all 152 currently available Canon-compatible lenses l Super Test: telephoto zooms from £100 l Help me buy a… canvas print l Workshop: get pin-sharp shots every time l Masterclass: moon-lit landscapes l Free! Landscapes e-book Issue 95 January 2015 Learn to love black & white l Canon Gear of the Year – the very best Canon D-SLRs, lenses and photo accessories from 2014! l Apprentice: freeze snowboarders in action inside a snow centre l Xmas wish list buyers’ guide l Ultimate test: Canon 7D Mark II l Workshop: master long exposures l Masterclass: create great child portrait compilations l Free! Flash…