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Jeremy Flint Award-winning pro Jeremy teaches our Apprentice

BEAUTIFUL BUDAPEST

On a weekend workshop, Canon travel pro Jeremy Flint takes our PhotoPlus Apprentice on a tour of the Buda side of Hungary’s famously photogenic capital

TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

Canon pro Jeremy helps Peter set up his Canon 5D Mk IV for great photos in Budapest

Frozen in Finland

Riisitunturi National Park, Finland. 14:58pm. 15 January 2015

GUNNAR FREYR GUNNARSSON

The Icelandic Explorer and Canon Ambassador on finding flow state, why Manual mode is a must, and his thoughts on shooting with the new EOS R5 Mk II…

INSPIRATIONS

STUNNING LANDSCAPE IMAGERY FROM THE WORLD OF CANON PHOTOGRAPHY

YOUR GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHING CITY SCENES

BUILDING YOUR SKILLS

PHOTO STORIES

Photo essays from PhotoPlus readers and professional photographers alike

The bird’s the word

Chiara left her job to become a full-time bird photographer and teacher. Here she documents her project ‘Between Water and Sky’

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Capture lightning at night

PROJECT 1

TOP TIPS LIGHTNING PHOTO SKILLS

Camera tricks and shooting advice for night-time lightning photos

Get a grip!

Dan Mold shows you how to set up and start using battery grips

Old lens, new tricks!

There’s still life yet in older vintage lenses. Dan Mold shows you how to adapt film lenses to Canon’s latest mirrorless EOS R cameras...

Give black-and-white portraits extra impact

Sean McCormack shows you how to transform and enhance your portraits from colour to mighty monochrome in Lightroom or ACR

See images in a new light with HDR mode

James Paterson explains how the new HDR mode in Adobe Lightroom can reveal up to four stops of extra dynamic range in your RAW images

Master brush effects

James Paterson shows you how to create a scatter effect and get to grips with a host of powerful brush effects in Affinity Photo

Lens choice: RF vs EF

What features make Canon’s mirrorless lenses different?

SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

EOS expert Brian explains how Canon’s Digital Photo Professional can make your action sports images shine

EOSS.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

Guru Shots

We’ve joined up with online photo game GuruShots to print the winning images from Mostly Black. Over a million votes were cast and here are the best photos

CANON GEAR OF THE YEAR

Celebrate Canon’s world-leading gear as we pick the prize-winning EOS cameras, lenses and kit for beginners, enthusiasts and pros

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…