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PhotoPlus THE CANON MAGAZINE

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PERFECT PET PHOTOGRAPHY

Professional wildlife photographer Laura Galbraith shows PhotoPlus Apprentice Helen how to capture top pet paw-traits

Drama in the Canadian Rockies

Medicine Lake, Canada. 17:18pm. 11 March 2010

New projects with video guides

Follow our Canon camera walkthrough guides and Photoshop editing videos

Ridiculous resolutions

Discover how to shoot a scene as a multi-row grid with James Paterson then stitch it together for an image with insane amounts of detail

CAMERA SKILLS MULTI-ROW SHOOTING SKILLS

Capture a landscape in a series of overlapping segments for mind-blowing resolution

TOP TIPS SHOOT & STITCH FOR STUNNING DETAIL

How to capture a multi-row panorama and stitch the frames together for a hi-res result

ADVANCED TIPS FIXING PARALLAX ERROR

Stitch the perfect panorama by rotating your camera around the correct axis

CAMERA SKILLS FIND THE OPTICAL CENTRE

Set up a simple experiment at home to find the optical centre of each of your lenses

Seascape sunsets

Join PhotoPlus editor Peter Travers as he has a photo session on one of his favourite beaches on the north Cornish coast

PRO TIPS CRACKING COMPOSITION

The classic mistake beginners make is rushing their framing

STEP BY STEP SEASCAPES SESSION

Learn the Canon EOS camera and photo skills for better shots

HOW TO PHOTOSHOP IS YOUR FRIEND

Edit your RAW files to bring your minimalist seascape images to life

TOP TIPS SOFTER COLOURS OF SUNSET

Time your seascape shoot so it’s around low tide as the sun sets...

King of the castle

Dan Mold’s top advice for including buildings in your landscapes

THE SETUP TAKE AMAZING LANDSCAPES

Discover the core kit that will help you to improve your scenic shots

Add sophistication to your vignettes

Sean McCormack shows you how to add a vignette to a portrait in Lightroom Classic CC

STEP BY STEP USE THE RADIAL GRADIENT

Draw attention to your subject by darkening the corners of the frame

Ace Dodge and Burn tools in Photoshop

James Paterson shows you how to use oldschool contrast adjustments in Photoshop CC

STEP BY STEP BRUSH UP YOUR ENHANCEMENTS

Develop your skills to produce the perfect image using dodge and burn techniques

Get the retro look

James Paterson evokes the visual charm of old analogue prints by using our free textures pack and simple layer blending tricks in Affinity Photo

STEP BY STEP PRINTS CHARMING

Add grain, light leaks and textures to turn photos into vintage prints

NICK HANSON

Professional Canon outdoor photographer Nick Hanson captures the nuances of atmosphere and light across the UK’s most iconic landscapes – and now teaches aspiring enthusiasts to do the same

Rafał Makiela

Professional fashion, underwater, commercial and documentary photographer Rafał reveals the essential Canon camera gear he can’t shoot without…

IN RAFAŁ’S BAG

01 Canon EOS R5 and EOS R5 WEB:

Take control of depth of field

How to use this creative photographic tool to give your pictures more (or less) bite

Creating more or less depth of field

Using the aperture in the lens is a convenient option

How to enhance the depth of field in photos

Aperture isn’t the only option you have to increase or decrease image sharpness

INSPIRATIONS

GREAT CANON IMAGES FROM THE ASTRONOMY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

CANON GEAR OF THE YEAR

Join us as we roll out the red carpet and hand out this year’s awards for the best Canon cameras, lenses and kit we’ve tested

White stripes

Photo essays from PhotoPlus readers and professional photographers alike

The land of fire and ice

Intrepid Claudio heads to the wild and wonderful landscape of Iceland in an effort to catch its heart and soul on camera

FOCUSPOINT

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

Watch out for motion blur as you stop down

Visible movement poses a problem at small apertures

Aperture and diffraction explained

How to deal with fuzziness you get from using smaller apertures

How much sharpness?

Features that help you judge the depth of field present

School tip Use hyperfocal focusing to maximize DoF

How to capture more depth in your images

Adjust colours to go mono

Use DPP’s Colour and Partial Adjustment tools to create black-and-white images

STEP BY STEP CONVERT TO MONOCHROME IN DPP

Take control of you colour conversion to get a finely balanced final B&W image

When would it be necessary to change the radio channel with my Speedlite?

EOSS. O..S ...Our technical guru is here to

How do you capture great shots of small subjects when the light is poor?

PhOtoPIUSEXPERT BRIAN WORLEY CANON PRO Brian is a

Manual focus differences: DSLR vs mirrorless

Moving to mirrorless EOS camera changes how to manually focus a lens

What is locked when the power switch on the Canon EOS R6 Mark II is in the lock position?

Choosing your EOS camera controls to lock avoids

Are fast lenses really needed for portraits?

A portrait captured on location with a 50mm

EQUICK FIXS

Would the RF 24-240mm lens be a good

What makes a lens a wide-angle lens?

A wide-angle lens captures a wider view than

Why does my brand new EOS R50 tell me to set the RF 24-50mm lens to the shooting position?

Turn the zoom ring to extend the RF

How does Auto ISO determine the ISO when shooting in Aperture Priority?

Minimum shutter speed settings determine when the camera will

RATE MY PHOTO

Compressed colours

CANON RF 200-800mm F6.3-9 IS USM

It’s a new super-telephoto zoom lens that offers (mostly) super performance, says our tester

PHOTO PRINTERS

Discover the perfect match for your photo printing. Here are the best buys in 2024 from compact, small-volume models to super-sized printers

CANON PIXMA G650 £259/$249

This bottle-fed Canon MegaTank printer really drives down the cost of high-volume photo printing

HOW WE TEST

Here’s how we put photo printers through their paces

CANON PIXMA TS6350A £79/$99

This compact, capable and very affordable printer works well for documents and photos

RUNNING COSTS

Ink cartridges don’t come cheap but how do they compare?

CANON PIXMA TS8350A £99/$139

A photo-specialist six-ink A4 printer –but it’s not the usual mix that you might imagine

POCKET PRINTERS

For photo printing on the go, there are some neat mobile models, some even pocketable

CANON PIXMA PRO-200 £429/$549

This A3+/13-inch dye-based photo printer is unbeatable for photo quality output on glossy and lustre papers

A SMART HYBRID PRINTER

Hybrid working is all the rage, and this printer is ideal for the home office

CANON IMAGEPROGRAF PRO-300 £655/$849

For fine-art and matte media, Canon’s pro A3+ model takes photo printing to a new level

RAPID RESULTS

Go-faster technology saves time if you’re printing large quantities of photos

BIG IS BEAUTIFUL

Print size is an important issue when choosing your home printer

EPSON ECOTANK ET-8550 £659/$599

This is the upsized A3+ version of Epson’s ET-8500 A4 EcoTank bottle-fed multi-function printer

EPSON EXPRESSION PHOTO XP-970 £199/$239

Go large without piling on the pounds, thanks to Epson’s small-in-one printer

DYE OR PIGMENT INK?

Dye-based and pigment-based inks both have strengths and weaknesses

EPSON SURECOLOR P900 £1079/$1249

Supersize your photo prints with Epson’s latest and surprisingly compact A2/17-inch printer

SUPER-SIZED PRINTING

Here’s a neat large-format printer that can squeeze on to a desktop or table

COMPARISON TABLE

THE WINNER IS... CANON IMAGEPROGRAF PRO-300

It’s the best printer in our Super Test, but others might be more ideal for your requirements

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…