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ON THE STREETS OF LONDON

This month we pair up reader Shana-Rochelle with Canon pro Jade Keshia Gordon to take fantastic street portraits on location in the UK’s capital

Astrophotography at St Michael’s Mount

St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall. 00:00am. 3 June 2020

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Get colourful with lights and gels

Learn how to use gels to craft vibrant portraits with James Paterson

Using depth of field

Dan Mold helps you understand the role aperture plays in landscapes

Honey, I shrunk the dog!

Learn fast flash photography skills as Peter Travers shoots at light speed with Canon’s new EL-1 Speedlite (and accidently shrinks his puppy)

Perfect sunsets

Louise Carey shows you how to tone down skies with the Graduated Filter

Create scribble art

James Paterson shows how to create fun portrait effects in Photoshop

Any place, any time

James Paterson teaches you how to drop subjects into any scene you like with simple compositing skills in Serif’s Affinity Photo

INSPIRATIONS

STUNNING IMAGERY FROM THE WORLD OF CANON PHOTOGRAPHY

SHOOT LIKE A PROFESSIONAL

Discover how Canon pro photographers approach their craft • Inspiring images • Expert Canon techniques • Sharper shots

Use the right kit for the job

The foundations for sharp landscapes are a sturdy tripod and a solid head

STEP BY STEP POSITION A TRIPOD

Learn how to set up for maximum stability and sharpness

How to overcome location challenges

You can’t control conditions, so learn to work with them

STEP BY STEP COPE WITH CHALLENGING WEATHER

Read the following tips to find out how Canon professionals deal with tough conditions

PRO TIPS HOW TO DEAL WITH DIFFICULT LOCATIONS

Follow these pro suggestions to deal with any conditions and locations

Maximize lens sharpness

Understanding lenses and focusing skills are important for obtaining critical sharpness

STEP BY STEP TRY DOUBLE-DISTANCE FOCUSING

Use this straightforward technique to capture front-to-back sharpness for better scenic shots

Try some advanced photo techniques

Follow these pro focusing tips to add extra sharpness to your landscape photography

STEP BY STEP FOCUS STACK USING PHOTOSHOP

Allow some overlap when you’re shooting a sequence to merge using focus stacking

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The New Big 5

Photo essays from PhotoPlus readers and professional photographers alike

A touch of Hollywood

Canon photographer Akhlaq Ahmed has been busy practicing cinematic portrait photo techniques at home and outdoors

BACKISSUES

Catch up on what you’ve missed by buying a recent issue either in print or via digital download

FOCUSPOINT

We’d love to hear your thoughts on the magazine and all things photographic! Email us at photoplus@futurenet.com

Your first steps in flash photography

Get the basics of shooting with Speedlites

E-TTL II flash metering

Use this automatic option to create balanced flash

Adjusting the flash exposure

Make the flash more obvious or reduce its brightness for more subtle results

Get started with Manual flash

Take full control of your flash exposures by adjusting the power yourself

Softening and shaping the light

Control the spread of the flash with these features and accessories

School tip Flash Exposure Lock

Set the flash exposure according a part of the scene

Controlling a remote Speedlite wirelessly

Unlock more creative lighting options

STEP BY STEP GET BETTER RESULTS WITH RAW

Follow along to get the best results from your Raw photographs in Digital Photo Professional

Get started with Raw in DPP

Digital Photo Professional provides the tools to extract quality results from Raw images

EOS S.O.S

Our technical guru is here to help. No Canon conundrum is too big or small. Get in touch today at EOSSOS@futurenet.com

GuruShots

We reveal online photo game GuruShots’s winning images from a street photography challenge

GEAR UPDATE

Our round-up of the latest digital photography must-haves

Portable SSDs

The best portable SSDs offer fast storage on the go

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2021

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LIGHTWEIGHT TRIPODS

The latest lightweight tripods have gone from strength to strength, and can be incredi bly compact without comprom ising their operatin g height and load ra ting

BUYERS’ GUIDE

With prices ranging from a couple of hundred to a few thousand, Canon has an EOS camera to suit everyone, from the complete beginner to most demanding pro…

BUYERS’ GUIDE

With prices ranging from a couple of hundred to a few thousand, Canon has an EOS camera to suit everyone, from the complete beginner to most demanding pro…

BUYERS’ GUIDE

With more than 190 lenses for Canon EOS cameras, picking the best for the job can be a minefield. Here’s the lowdown!

BUYERS’ GUIDE

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