Innholdsfortegnelse for July 2017 i PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine

SUMMER SCENIC SHOTS Learn how to take great landscape shots this summer – like this beauty by Francesco Riccardo! – by following our ten-step plan on Page 28 Summer, summer, summertime… Summer lovin’, had me a blast… In the summer time, when the weather is hot… there are lots of songs celebrating summer as it’s such an stimulating and exciting time of year. When the days are brighter, warmer and longer, it’s also an inspirational time for landscape photography. As the light is much more evocative, from sunrise to sunset, it creates so many colourful scenes worth capturing. To help you improve your summer landscape photography skills, we’ve put together a tip-packed ten-step plan, backed up with amazing landscape photography. From page 28. This issue we fully test Canon’s new…

SHOOT WITH A PRO CANON PRO NAME: NINA MACE CAMERA: CANON EOS 5D MK III NINA, 40, is a professional family portrait photographer based in Hemel Hempstead. She won the 2014 Children, Family & Lifestyle Photographer of the Year award with the Guild of Professional Photographers, and runs Masterclasses for the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers (SWPP). She offers 1-2-1 mentoring and photography workshops, details and her stunning portfolio are at: www.ninamacephotography.com APPRENTICE NAME: PAUL LAPHAM CAMERA: CANON EOS 70D PAUL, 60, is a law lecturer at Kingston College, and lives in Richmond. Three years ago he began taking photography evening classes once a week. He started out with a Canon PowerShot compact but wanted more from his camera, so he upgraded to a Canon EOS 70D and hasn’t…

On the rolling hills of Exmoor in late summer, and David Noton is wondering: How low can I go? What degree of motion blur? And why is my back killing me? DAVID NOTON Pro travel & landscape photographer DAVID IS AN AWARD-WINNING Canon photographer with more than 30 years’ professional experience. During his career David has travelled to just about every corner of the globe. In 2012, Canon invited him into its Ambassador Program by designating him an Official Canon Explorer. Info and photos at www.davidnoton.com The rolling hills and moorland of Exmoor National Park come alive with colour in late summer. The purple and mauves of the heather and the bright yellow of the western gorse mix with the gold of the long dry grass in an explosion of colour that…

THE MISSION Take great pet photos at home Time needed One hour Skill level Intermediate Kit needed Background paper • Two flashguns • Radio triggers (or use pop-up flash) VIDEO ALSO ONLINE http://bit.ly/pp_128_2 Never work with children or animals, they say – and they are often right! However, that didn’t stop us trying our best to grab some great pet portraits for this project. We decided to photograph our little pet hamster, Cloudy, and it instantly threw up challenges, the main one being able to get a decent shot before she scurried off. Hamsters move very quickly, and aren’t in the habit of staying still and posing in your direction, but with a few key techniques, and being ready and in position, with our lights tested and set up, we…

VIDEO ALSO ONLINE http://bit.ly/pp_128_5 THE MISSION Remove people in the background of your photos Time needed 20 minutes Skill level Intermediate Kit needed Photoshop Elements DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES TO YOUR COMPUTER FROM: http://downloads.photoplusmag.com/pp128.zip It’s happened to the best of us; we think we’ve captured the perfect moment only to discover later on that someone has unintentionally muscled in on the action and spoiled the composition. In this case I was at a wedding and there came a split-second moment where everything gelled perfectly. The just-married couple were sharing a loving look, framed perfectly on either side by the bride’s onlooking mother and sister. I’d even managed to catch the groom – not known for his displays of emotion – shedding a few quiet tears. It was the moment of the…

WHEN Marc Aspland was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2014, it was a public recognition of what most people in the business already knew: that he’s one of the best sports photographers around. Three years after surviving a lifethreatening accident, he’s still taking the creative, eye-catching and distinctively off-kilter sports images that have de?ned his career. In this interview he talks about his style, what it’s really like photographing major sporting events and how there’s nothing he loves more than being pushed out of his comfort zone… How did you get into photography? I grew up in Newbold-on-Avon, a village near Rugby in the Midlands. There was no artistic bent in my family at all, but a chap who lived two doors down from my…

Although you can only focus a lens at a single distance, that doesn’t mean that everything in front of and beyond this point is blurred. Sharpness appears to drop off gradually, with the depth of apparent sharpness – aka the depth of field – being determined by the aperture setting and focus distance, amongst other things. Approximately one third of the depth of field falls in front of the point of focus, with two-thirds extending behind it. This means that if you focus on the closest part of a scene then you’ll essentially be wasting the depth of field available in front of it and losing some behind. That’s not necessarily a problem when you want a subject to stand out from a background, such as when you’re shooting a…

Ask Brian! Confused with your Canon DSLR? Email EOSSOS@futurenet.com EOS camera focusing systems are highly developed tools with a myriad of options to suit them to a huge range of subjects. All this flexible capability means that you might not be working with the focus system as efficiently as possible and missing pictures as a result. When your subject is unpredictable, fast-moving and only appears briefly, you need to have the camera ready and set up properly. If not then you’ll take a while to get the right settings and miss the photo opportunity. For me this means I can readily change the location of my AF point, and on the right cameras change the AF area too. One of the best configurations is to change the multi-controller to provide…

Often referred to as ‘travel lenses’, superzooms are ideal for holidays and for going on trips near and far. They can stretch from generously wide-angle viewing to serious telephoto reach, and cover everything in between. Without the need to carry multiple lenses, you can save on space and weight, but that’s not the only advantage. For general shooting, you might find you often need to swap between wide-angle and telephoto shooting. It’s naturally much more convenient to apply a quick twist of a zoom ring with the flick of a wrist, rather than rummaging around in a bag for another lens, then waste time swapping the lens on the camera before you’re ready to shoot. In some situations, the time saved by using a superzoom lens could potentially make the…

01 SPIRAL STAIRCASE TO HEAVEN BY MARCO TAGLIARINO “A canopy located above provided the necessary light to illuminate this double helix staircase. Having two staircases allows people to ascend without meeting people descending. It’s located at the end of the Vatican museum and all visitors leave by this route,” explains Marco. Lens Tokina AT-X PRO 11-16mm f/2.8 DX Exposure 1/13, f/5.6, ISO640 02 GRATER BY RICHARD SAYLES “This is a shot of the Cheese Grater car park in Sheffield, UK,” says Richard. “It sits in the middle of the city centre. I decided to get right up to the building to try and accentuate the shapes and to capture the building differently.” By getting close and shooting upwards he has created a wonderfully abstract image that has the viewer questioning…

VIDEO ALSO ONLINE http://bit.ly/pp_128_3 THE MISSION Learn how to shoot lens flare rings using a metal pipe Time needed One hour Skill level Intermediate Kit needed Prime, wide aperture lens • Copper pipe Many modern lenses are so well designed that they all-but- eleminate lens flare. Specially coated glass elements stand up against even the brightest, harshest sunlight, and for everyday use, this is a good thing. ?nwanted ?are, caused by light bouncing off lens elements, is unpredictable, not to mention a pain to remove in post-processing. But what if you could make and control camera ?are on command, with the ability to move and shape it to suit your subject? Well, you can, and we’ll show you how… Shooting through a piece of metal pipe in direct light –…

VIDEO ALSO ONLINE http://bit.ly/pp_128_6 THE MISSION Learn how to liven up your sunlight portraits Time needed 10 minutes Skill level Easy Kit needed Photoshop CC Whatever the genre, we all start to feel inspired and snappy when the sun is out. Unfortunately, photos taken in bright daylight can end up looking either ?at and dull or too bright and harsh. This is because when the sun is higher in the sky, it throws areas – such as sides of the face or under the eyes – into deep shadow. That isn’t to say you’ve been given. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to make the best of your sunlit lifestyle shots with a few tweaks. We’ll start in Adobe Camera Raw and then ?nish off in Photoshop CC. There’s…

JOIN IN THE FUN! One of the great things about photography is being able to share your view of the world. This issue we reveal the story behind a project to recreate street images taken decades ago by reuniting the original subjects. We want your photos and stories! For your chance to show off your images in PhotoPlus, send three to five high-resolution JPEGs, along with a brief synopsis – explain why you took the shots, the location, whether they’re part of an ongoing project or a one-off shoot, and anything else unusual or interesting. Also include Canon DSLR, lens and exposure details. Email photoplus@futurenet.com Online www.facebook.com/photoplusmag www.twitter.com/photoplusmag Post PhotoPlus: The Canon Mag Future, The Ambury Bath BA1 1UA, UK PROJECT INFO NAME: Chris Porsz LOCATION: Peterborough MISSION: To find…

An alternative take on hyperfocal focusing, zone focusing is a technique that’s more suited to candid street photography than landscapes. The principle’s the same: switch to manual focusing and pre-focus the lens at a certain distance. Based on what you know about hyperfocal focusing, you’ll have an understanding for how large the depth of field ‘zone’ will be for your choice of focal length and aperture, and you can grab shots as the subject enters this zone and gets close to the preset distance – or when you manoeuvre the camera close enough to it. Using a prime lens, rather than a zoom, means that the depth of field is consistent for a given aperture, and you can shoot from the hip, without even looking through the viewfinder.…

01 Lastolite Joe McNally Ezybox Speed-Lite 2 Plus Flashgun modifier gets a pro makeover £60/$79 www.manfrotto.com This development of Lastolite’s Ezybox Speed-Lite 2 has been designed in conjunction with world-renowned photographer Joe McNally and features his preferred white interior for even softer illumination. The 22x22cm outer diffuser has also been tweaked, now recessed by 45mm to help control light spill. Thankfully the original pop-up design remains, with its ingenious mechanism that enables the softbox to fold flat in seconds. It’s just as easy to attach to your flashgun, with a silicone strap and twist-lock clamp combo ensuring a secure fit. 02 Manfrotto Manhattan Collection Bags that’ll cut it in the urban jungle From £80/$100 www.manfrotto.com Designed for city slickers and commuters, Manhattan bags put flexibility centre-stage. A Flexy Camera Shell…

Superzoom lenses are notorious for distortion, ranging from barrel at the short end of the zoom range to pincushion at mid to long zoom settings. For barrel distortion, the worst offenders are the Canon 18-200mm and all three Tamron lenses. However, we can easily forgive the Tamron 16-300mm lens’s greater barrel distortion, as it gives greater wide-angle viewing than any other lens. The amount of pincushion distortion at medium and long zoom settings is very similar from all of the lenses, although the Sigma 18-200mm is technically the worst. Negative results of higher values indicate greater barrel distortion…

With superzoom lenses, fringing (coloured lines around high-contrast edges, especially towards the corners of the frame) is typically worst at both ends of the zoom range, but less of an issue at mid-sector zoom settings. The amount of short-zoom colour fringing is very similar from all the lenses in the group, apart from the Tamron 16-300mm in which fringing is rather more evident. This lens is also worst for fringing at the long end, with the Tamron 18-270mm performing only slightly better. Automatic in-camera corrections are available in recent DSLRs, when using own-brand Canon lenses.…

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Gear up! Get kitted out and make a plan of action Use the whole day Shoot from dawn till dusk and tackle tricky lighting Embrace bad weather Keep at it, even during stormy conditions Nail your exposure Capture high-contrast scenes with success Be different Change your perspective for a new view 1THE RIGHT KIT For the best chance of success you need to look, feel and dress the part CAMERA KIT The equipment you’ll need to get started Canon DSLR Wide-angle lens Comfortable bag Waterproof bag cover Sturdy tripod Handy extras UV filter Polarizing filter Lens cloth DONNING the trendiest outdoor clothing won’t elevate your photography, however it does pay to invest in some practical outdoor garments. The right clothing will protect you against the elements and enable you to…

VIDEO ALSO ONLINE http://bit.ly/pp_128_1 Shooting in foggy and murky conditions can help to isolate subjects and add atmosphere to landscape shots. Mist lends itself perfectly to ?ne art, abstract scenes where the composition is purposely pared down to create a simple and soothing frame. That being said, you can meticulously plan a landscape shoot for mist, only to ?nd out that the weather has other plans. Don’t despair if you turn up to your chosen location and ?nd the conditions wanting. Here, we’ll show you how you can use specialist ?lters to achieve a sense of space and simplicity in your frame. It’s possible to add misty effects in post-production, but the results are rarely as convincing as if you’d shot them in-camera. Mist ?lters may sound like a gimmick,…

VIDEO ALSO ONLINE http://bit.ly/pp_128_4 THE MISSION Capture vehicle light trails at night with a long exposure Time needed 30 minutes Skill level Intermediate Kit needed Tripod • Photoshop CC We photographers have a bit of a love/ hate relationship with movement. Sometimes it’s a real pain and we strive to keep it to a minimum. At other times, we want to celebrate it in all its blurry glory. The motion of traf?c at night falls into the latter category. By using a long exposure in the low evening light, the smooth motion of their lights creates wonderful streaks of colour through the frame. This is one of those camera skills that reveals the magic of photography – and anyone with a DSLR and tripod can do it. As such, it’s…

THE MISSION Stitch a scene with Lightroom’s Merge Panorama tool Time needed 15 minutes Skill level Easy Kit needed Lightroom 5 or later DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES TO YOUR COMPUTER FROM: http://downloads.photoplusmag.com/pp128.zip Lightroom’s Merge Panorama command stitches several horizontal or vertical frames together to create a panoramic Raw file – perfect for those times when your lens can’t fit the whole landscape in, or if you want to pack in extra detail. The Merge Panorama command offers three Projection modes, and as you’d expect these stitch the frames in slightly different ways. Spherical maps the frames as if on the inside of a sphere. It’s ideal for very wide panoramas, or ones that have several rows to them. Perspective maps the segments as if they were on a ?at surface, and…

MY KIT Professional photographers reveal their top six tools of the trade they couldn’t shoot without “I need to minimize weight and take kit that’s reliable in any conditions” WHAT DO I DO? Markus Rohrbacher I’M A self-taught freelancer based in the Austrian Alps. After graduating as an architect, I took a year off and focused on action photography. The mountains near my house became my playground and resulted in a quick progression of my skills. In 2011 I turned my interest into a career as a staff photographer at Nitro Snowboards and was a finalist in the Red Bull Illume contest. Photography gives me the chance to travel the globe, discover new genres and keep life challenging. www.markusrohrbacher.com As an outdoor photographer, I can’t avoid long hikes and climbs…

Trying to manually focus through the viewfinder can be challenging – if your eyes are anything like mine, at any rate. It can be hard to discern where the sweet spot of sharpness is as you turn the focus ring, especially if you’re shooting with a wide-angle lens where pretty much everything looks sharp most of the time! The trick here is to use the focus indicator in the bottom of the viewfinder; this becomes a solid green dot when the camera detects that the object covered by the active AF point in the viewfinder is in focus. The AF point that detects focus will also blip red. There are a few things to bear in mind: to activate the function, you’ll need to keep the shutter release halfpressed as…

“Can you suggest a reasonably priced telephoto zoom for my 6D and 100D?” Mike Gosling, Northamptonshire Brian says… You’ll need to have a lens that fits both APS-C and fullframe cameras. My suggestion is something that covers a 70-300mm range, which has the reach of a 480mm lens on the EOS 100D. With such a reach, it will be important to have a lens that has an optical image stabilizer to allow you to use the camera handheld. Given the small size and weight of the EOS 100D I would avoid the bigger and heavier models as the camera can feel unbalanced. It shouldn’t be such an issue with the EOS 6D though. From Canon’s lineup, I suggest the recently launched EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM, priced around £500/$550.…

Get critiqued! Email photos to EOSSOS@futurenet.com with the subject ‘Rate My Photo’ Ro ger says… I visited Hunstanton in Norfolk and had gone out to try and take a photo of the sunset. I was planning on using my Lee Little Stopper for really long exposures, so had my EOS 6D on a tripod and used a hard graduated 2-stop ND filter to hold some of the brightness back in the sky. When I saw the paddle boarder come into view I decided to take photos without the Little Stopper. Even though this was captured at 1/13 sec there’s no real effect on the boarder’s sharpness. Brian says… Sunsets are a difficult subject to photograph; the range or brightness often means filters are needed but, even then, it’s just another…

Acouple of years ago, Canon launched the EOS 750D and 760D at the same time. While the two cameras were virtually identical to look at, and sported pretty much the same internal feature set, the 760D offered more body-mounted controls and a small LCD display on the top, designed to appeal to more experienced users. Fast-forward two years and Canon has done the same thing again, launching the EOS 77D alongside the more beginnerorientated 800D. Things are a little different this time, though. The EOS 77D may share the same internal features as the 800D, but Canon has opted for a more distinctive and slightly larger design for the 77D to differentiate the two models. If you look under the skin of the EOS 77D it’s pretty much identical to…

Superzooms for full-frame cameras are big and bulky, as the image circle they need to produce is comparatively large. They’re therefore less popular as travel lenses, as it can literally be a pain walking around for hours on end with a heavy body and lens hanging from your neck. The two full-frame superzooms on the market are the Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD at £600/$600 and the relatively huge and expensive Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM at £2250/$2450.…

To search for past tests and articles, download our PhotoPlus index which dates all the way back to issue no.1. Get it at downloads. photoplusmag.com/photoplusindex.xls Inspired to improve I have only just started reading PhotoPlus after buying myself my first Canon camera, an EOS 80D, and wanted to say a big thanks for finally giving me the confidence to start shooting in Manual mode after being an auto lazybones for years! I shot this photo while on a hiking trip to the northwest of Scotland last week and climbed the Stac Pollaidh to catch the sunset (average results due to hazy light conditions). I had just turned onto the main road, and on the shores of Loch Cul Dromannan I was met with this view. I shot this on Manual…