Innholdsfortegnelse for June 2016 i PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine

TRAVEL PHOTO TECHNIQUES Learning to capture moments like this takes years of practice. Or you can just read our great travel photography skills guide! See page 26 Editor Travel, they say, broadens the mind. It is also a great way to broaden your photography, as new locations, people and places offer exciting new scenes and subjects to capture with your Canon camera. However, knowing how to act fast and not miss any moments (while trying to also enjoy your holiday with your family in tow) can be tricky. So this issue we’ve enlisted ten top Canon pros to share 50 of the best travel photography tips and techniques. It begins on page 26. This issue we also test Canon’s all-new budget-friendly EOS 1300D. It’s the most-basic DSLR in Canon’s range…

01 UNDER BLOSSOM BY CATHERINE PERKINTON This was taken at the driveway entrance to St Peter’s Church, Stratton, near Cirencester in the Cotswolds. I love the tree-lined drive, with the leading line of the fence below. The blossom-laden trees transformed an ordinary drive into an enchanted walkway. Lens Canon EF-S 18-55mmf/3.5-5.6 IS Exposure 1/60 sec, f/7.1, ISO100 All the images in this gallery were entrants to the PhotoPlus ‘Spring scenes’ competition hosted on Photocrowd – a website where a public vote on the best-liked images is pitted against expert opinion. To enter our current contest, and vote on your favourite photos, simply visit www.photocrowd.com 02 GOSLING IN THE SNOW BY MALCOLM HARE I spend a few weeks around the end of April shooting at York University as it’s a lovely…

THE MISSION Capture extra-long exposures to add motion blur to water and skies in scenic shots Time needed 2 hours Skill level Intermediate Kit needed 10-stop ND filter • Tripod • Remote release • Wideangle lens A 10-stop neutral density filter – aka a ‘Big Stopper’ – is superdense near-black filter that can extend your exposure time from split seconds into minutes. It reduces the amount of light that reaches your Canon DSLR’s sensor to around just 0.05%, therefore requiring a super-slow shutter speed for a good, bright exposure. Dramatically slowing shutter speeds in this way blurs any movement within the scene. I’ve used an ND filter to capture a very long exposure of the gently lapping waves around Penarth Pier, South Wales, smoothing the waters and blurring skies to…

THE MISSION Download and use the free Silver Efex Pro plug-in with Lightroom for eye-catching mono conversions Time needed 15 minutes Skill level Easy Kit needed Lightroom DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES TO YOUR COMPUTER FROM: downloads.//photoplusmag.com/pp114.zip For years the Nik Collection has been at the top of the plug-in pile. Anyone looking for pro-level presets, quality effects and editing tools could get the very best for the princely sum of $500. Until recently, that is. As of last month, the entire Nik Collection became absolutely free, courtesy of Google, who acquired Nik a few years ago. That means the same black-and-white, analogue and HDR effects the pros have been relying on for years are available to everyone. For image-editing enthusiasts, this is a really big deal. Now we can take advantage…

PROJECT INFO NAME: Benoit Larochelle LOCATION: Montreal, Canada MISSION: To find a different view of the Montreal Olympic Stadium KIT: Canon 7D Mark II, Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM, Manfrotto tripod, Markins Q-Ball Q20i head, Lee Big Stopper ND filter www.benoitlarochelle.com 01 CURVES AND CONCRETE Early-morning clouds benefit from a black-and-white conversion Lens Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Exposure 1/160 sec, f/8, ISO100 02 ÉCHEC ET MAT! A close-up view reveals detail at the top of the tower Lens Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM Exposure 1/40 sec, f/8, ISO100 03 THE FLYING SAUCER The lights come on at night to illuminate the front of the stadium Lens Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Exposure 8 secs, f/8, ISO400 04 MONTREAL TOWER BY NIGHT Montreal…

Canon’s latest entry-level DSLR, the EOD 1300D (Rebel T6 in North America), replaces the two-year-old 1200D (Rebel T5), and offers great value for those looking for their first DSLR. It’s also a good choice as a second camera for those who already own something more advanced. While it doesn’t represent a major overhaul over the previous generation – it has the same 18-million-pixel sensor, for example – there are a couple of useful new features and tweaks that make it very appealing, while still keeping it as an affordable proposition for the budget-conscious photographer. The most significant upgrade is the addition of Wi-Fi and NFC connectivity. This means that you can control the camera remotely from your smartphone or tablet, or transfer images to social media websites and the like.…

THE CONTENDERS Last month’s Super Test featured our favourite wide-angle zoom lenses for shooting landscapes. There was a good mix of APS-C format designs for cameras like the 750D, 80D and 7D Mark II, as well as full-frame compatible lenses to suit bodies like the 6D and 5DS. Zoom lenses rule for convenience, but they’re not necessarily the sharpest tools in the box. That said, some top-quality zooms, like the Sigma 24-35mm f/2 DG HSM A, can deliver extraordinarily good image quality with a fast available aperture, a bit like having three popular focal lengths of prime lenses wrapped up in one package. Even so, many photographers prefer the purity of a prime lens. Advantages can include reductions in distortion and colour fringing, as well as greater resistance to ghosting…

Travel photography is one of the most popular genres, and it’s easy to see why. Even the most jaded photographer can usually find inspiration in exotic places, particularly in wonderfully photogenic countries like India, Iceland, China or Myanmar. Even a short city break can get the creative juices flowing and you don’t need to leave the UK – there are plenty of interesting places to shoot on these shores. In some ways, however, getting to your destination is the easy bit. Once you arrive, jet-lagged and with a family to keep entertained, serious travel photography can get pushed further and further down the agenda. To help you make the most of your limited time in a place, we’ve spoken to ten leading photographers and asked them to distil their experience…

We’ve teamed up with our friends at Manfrotto for another fantastic giveaway of top-notch camera gear. This issue, we have two great bundles in the shape of a Manfrotto pro backpack to carry your Canon gear plus a brilliant and portable carbon fibre travel tripod-and-head kit. The Manfrotto Pro Light RedBee-210 BP is a strong and sturdy yet lightweight backpack that can hold two Canon camera bodies and a 400mm telephoto lens, or three DSLR bodies along with a few smaller lenses and flashguns. Versatile dividers enable you to configure the bag for your photo gear, and there’s space for a laptop or iPad in the easily accessible back panel. The RedBee-210 provides both side and top access so you can instantly grab your DSLR. The Manfrotto Befree carbon fibre…

THE MISSION Lend a funky lo-fi ‘Instagram’ look to your images Time needed 10 minutes Skill level Easy Kit needed Photoshop Elements Download project files to your computer from: downloads.//photoplusmag.com/pp114.zip With smartphones offering increasingly better cameras, photography has come accessible to even the most technically challenged. With social media playing a large part in people’s daily routines, you can’t escape the hordes of photo updates of people’s whereabouts – or even go a day without seeing what they had for lunch… As ‘iPhoneography’ has grown in popularity, we’ve seen an array of image-editing and sharing apps, offering a whole host of weird and wonderful ways to process your photos. None more so than with Instagram, which offers numerous vintage and retro-inspired filters with a tap of a finger. Although image…

Lorenzo Agius is one of today’s high-flying portrait photographers; he regularly photographs the world’s most glamorous celebrities and has an enviable list of top editorial and corporate clients. Yet he’s also someone whose feet remain firmly on the ground, because he knows from experience how hard it can be to get to the top – and to remain there. We meet at his home in a quiet street in northwest London. The decor is minimalistic and clutter-free, but there are still clear signs of his passions. He loves motorbikes, and, parked in his lounge, is a custom-made Harley Davidson. Less obviously, sitting on his coffee table, there are books about two of his heroes: portrait and fashion photographer Richard Avedon and designer Alexander McQueen. Agius is a young-looking 53-year-old. It’s…

With prices ranging from a couple of hundred quid to several thousand, Canon has a DSLR to suit ever yone, from the complete beginner to most demanding pro… What to look for Canon EOS DSLRs Canon splits its EOS lineup into entry-level, enthusiast and professional ranges, and the fewer digits the more upmarket the camera; so the new 1300D is the most basic, the 750D/760D for intermediates, while the new 80D is for more advanced enthusiasts. Expect greater ease of use (with thumboperated scrollwheels replacing cumbersome cursor keys), more robust build quality (with weather-sealing and tough magnesiumalloy shells), more advanced functionality, and full-frame (rather than smaller APS-C) image sensors with more expensive EOS models. Choosing lenses Key factors to watch out for THE MAIN factors to consider in a lens…

APPRENTICE NAME: JIM ROSS CAMERA: CANON EOS 5D MK II JIM, a hotel manager from Christchurch, enjoys spending time exploring the New Forest in search of landscape and wildlife photo opportunities. Having been asked by family and friends to shoot weddings, parties and family portraits, he thought it was time to try his hand at portraiture, and Tim was just the person to show Jim how it’s done. CANON PRO NAME: TIM BOOTH CAMERA: CANON EOS 5D MK III TIM has spent his life travelling the world and taking photos for magazines and newspapers, as well as commercial, corporate and design work from his London studio, while pursuing personal projects. Now based in Dorset and after the success of his most recent book A Show of Hands, he was just…

THE MISSION Delve into your camera’s menu to discover how to apply picture styles to your photos for different effects Time needed 10 minutes Skill level Easy Kit needed Standard lens • Tripod In-camera effects may be seen as a bit of a gimmick, but one worth experimenting with is picture styles. As the name suggests, you can control the overall look of your image by applying a picture style in-camera. All Canon DSLRs offer six different preset picture styles, plus an additional Auto option in some models. The six preset options are Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful and Monochrome, and are tailored to a different scene or colour preference by different combinations of contrast, saturation, sharpness and colour tone. If you want to fine-tune these presets, each of these…

THE MISSION Turn a portrait into a low-poly design with a combination of Photoshop filters and selections Time needed 1-2 hours Skill level Intermediate Kit needed Photoshop CC DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES TO YOUR COMPUTER FROM: downloads.//photoplusmag.com/pp114.zip Polygon portraits like this are very popular at the moment, but before we get stuck in to this tutorial, first a warning: it’s going to take a while. There aren’t any magic filters that will do the job, instead each triangular shape you see in the image here has been patiently plotted out by hand. So it’ll take at least an hour or two to achieve a decent level of detail. But thankfully, once the initial steps are out of the way and everything is set up, plotting the triangles is the kind of…

The 44 AF-2 sits on the third rung down of Metz’s ladder of dedicated flashguns, beneath the flagship 64 AF-1 and 52 AF-1, both of which we reviewed in issue 106’s Super Test. As such, it lacks a few frills – and even some of the basic features – of the pricier Metz guns, but adds an LED lamp that’s handy for constant lighting in short-range video shooting. While the addition of an LED lamp is the main upgrade over the 44 AF-1, the new model retains a disarmingly simple interface. A green illuminated on/off button at the centre of the rear panel also serves as a flash ready lamp, and is surrounded by four other buttons, this time for TTL, Manual, Slave and the new LED mode. These L-shaped…

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Passion for pooches I’ve been a subscriber since being introduced to PhotoPlus at The Photography Show. I especially enjoy reading the Photo Stories and Inspirations sections, and find them really inspiring. For many years I’ve been a full-time carer/home educator to my son who has autism. He’s now 18 years old, and this has enabled me to pursue my passion for photography. I have always loved and owned animals myself, and it was this love that drew me to the pet photography market. I use a Canon 5D Mark III, and my favourite lens is my Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L. When shooting dogs, I always spend time getting to know their character. Being armed with treats, squeaky toys and shedloads of patience helps me get the dogs’ attention for the…