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Who we are, what we do, and our favourite bits from this issue…

STUNNING SEASCAPES

We pair up Apprentice Adrian with Canon pro photographer Andrew James for a landscape workshop along the Norfolk coast to shoot some of his favourite photo spots

TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

Andrew had a quick flick through Adrian’s settings and made key adjustments for shooting seascapes

ANDREW’S TOP 3 SEASCAPE SCENES

SEA WATERFALL, FAROES THE FAROE Islands are very

SHOT OF THE DAY!

Lens Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM Exposure

To Rum From Eigg

The Isle of Eigg, Scotland. 11 January 2011

Taylor Brady

Professional photographers reveal their top six tools of the trade they couldn’t shoot without

INSPIRATIONS

STUNNING IMAGERY FROM THE WORLD OF CANON PHOTOGRAPHY

EPIC WINTER LANDSCAPES

We talk with Canon pro photographer Matty Graham who certainly knows a thing or two about shooting scenery in the winter months

The harder you work, the luckier you’ll get

Capturing the Northern Lights can be hard, but it’s not impossible…

JOIN THE REVOLUTION

Meet the Canon EOS R5 and Canon EOS R6 – the full-frame mirrorless cameras that are changing the game for photographers and film-makers

Light show

Photo essays from PhotoPlus readers and professional photographers alike

Everyday heroes

Amanda took portraits of NHS keyworkers to show them in her unique style as part of the 2020 Vision Project

MARK CARWARDINE

We catch up with the prolific Canon pro wildlife photographer

FOCUSPOINT

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Dan Mold Technique editor dan.mold @futurenet.com WITH THE

Impossible bouquets

James Paterson crafts a towering, beautiful, flower arrangement

THE SET-UP SELF-RAISING FLOWER PHOTOS

BOUNTIFUL BOUQUETS

TOP TIPS FLOWER FAKERY

Tips to build up your bouquet of tangled blooms

STEP BY STEP LIGHT THE FLOWERS

A home studio kit lets you create beautiful and consistent lighting of your bouquet

STEP BY STEP BUILD YOUR BOUQUET IN PHOTOSHOP

Use selections and layer masks to combine your flower photos and watch your composite blossom

Fake fire backdrops

Dan Mold lights his fire like Hollyw ood’s method for shooting fake backdrops, but on a much sm aller silver screen at home

THE SETUP HOW TO SHOOT FAKE FIRE BACKGROUNDS

LIGHT MY FIRE

HOW TO GET PERFECT PICTURES OF YOUR PETS

PET PORTRAITS

It’s a dog’s life

Dan Mold shows you how to use Animal AF for pin-sharp pet portraits

WHAT’S NEW IN ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2021

We take a closer look at six of the best new features added to the newest version of Elements

Keep it local

James Paterson shows you how to target areas of a landscape with Photoshop tools and make powerful local adjustments

STEP BY STEP LOCAL LANDSCAPE EDITS

Learn how to target specific parts of a scene and get to grips with Adjustment Layers and masks

How to replace a tropical background

James Paterson shows how to change backdrops in Affinity Photo

STEP BY STEP REPLACE A BACKDROP

TROPICAL COMPOSITE

STEP BY STEP MAKE A WORLD WITHIN A JAM JAR

Composite layers in Digital Photo Professional to craft a great-looking, multi-layered photo

Create mini worlds in a jar

Make multiple exposure art with any EOS camera and DPP’s compositing tool

Custom-fit your Canon camera

Learn how to configure your EOS Canon camera so that you can work more quickly

What’s on the menu?

MAKE SETTINGS WORK FOR YOU

Adjusting the screen brightness

Avoid accidental exposure errors with fine-tuning

Creating Custom camera modes

Save your modified camera settings as an option

The lure of the rings

Make the most of the customizable control ring

School tip Flash customization

Use your camera’s display to tweak Speedlite set ups

Personalize your pictures

MAKE SETTINGS WORK FOR YOU

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

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