Canon Skills

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Peter Travers Editor After a demanding and distressing

Meet the team...

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

HITTING THE TOWN

SHOOT WITH A PRO

TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

Jeremy offered David some pointers for perfect architecture imagery

JEREMY’S SENSATIONAL CITYSCAPE SHOTS

Jeremy shows us some of the photography that he’s most proud of from his portfolio

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Dan Mold` Techn ique editor

Create your own Christmas cards

James Paterson shows you how to make personalized festive cards, ideal for sending to friends and family, with these easy-to-follow tips

TOP TIPS PRINTING YOUR DESIGN

When done shooting you can print your cards on your own printer or send them off to a printing service

TOP TIPS CAPTURING THE FAMILY AT CHRISTMAS

Discover how to capture creative images for a Christmas card or simply shoot festive portraits

PROJECT 1

SETUP 1 CHRISTMAS PORTRAITS Bokeh in-between Enhance the

Beautiful bokeh shots

Dan Mold’s flat is beginning to look a lot like Christmas as he explains ‘bokeh’

SET UP TO SHOOT WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS IMAGERY

Get set to photograph a beautiful display of bokeh and boost your depth-of-field knowledge

PROJECT 2

PROP CLOSE TO TREE @ f/1.8 P ROP

STEP BY STEP BLACK & WHITE PRINTING

Get set to achieve accurate and contrast-rich mono prints every time

Brilliant black and white home prints

Dan Mold proves that printing high-quality black and white photos at home isn’t as difficult, or as expensive, as it might seem

Festive fun with filters

James Paterson reveals how to use the new neural filters in Photoshop CC to transform a photograph into a cute and creative Christmas image

STEP BY STEP STYLE TRANSFER EFFECTS

Transfer the look of an artwork to your own images with these new filters

Let it snow

Make a snow brush in Affinity Photo and learn how to transform your photo into a winter wonderland with 

STEP BY STEP WINTER WONDERLANDS

Paint snow over your images by creating your own custom brush in Affinity Photo

Audun Rikardsen

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

INSPIRATIONS

STUNNING IMAGERY FROM THE WORLD OF CANON PHOTOGRAPHY

ESSENTIAL GUIDE CANON EOS R SYSTEM

Mirrors? They’re so 2017! With the launch of the latest EOS R cameras and RF lenses, Canon has raised the bar for mirrorless camera performance

First steps into full-frame

What are the big differences between an EOS R system camera and an EOS DSLR – and how does Canon’s first full-frame mirrorless camera body shape up today?

Expanding the EOS R system

Whether you want a camera that raises the bar for hybrid stills and video performance, or an easy-to-use entry into full-frame mirrorless, the EOS R system has something to offer

RF mount advantage

What makes RF lenses such highly-prized (and priced) performers? How about optical excellence and new levels of creative freedom for starters?

Latest RF lens line up

Canon camera systems live or die based on their strength of lens support. Fortunately the EOS R has some of the best lenses Canon has ever produced

Beneath the mighty Grand Tetons

Mormon Row and Highway 191, Grand Tetons mountain range. 15 January 2019

GuruShots

We joined up with online photo game GuruShots to print the winning images from the Nightfall challenge. Over 21 million votes were cast, and these are the best photos!

Reveal detail in Raws

Dan Mold shows you how to squeeze extra detail from your Raw files

HOW TO REVEAL HIDDEN RAW EXPOSURE INFORMATION

Get the most out of your larger Raw files with our Elements-friendly Split-Raw technique

GEORGE LOGAN

His imagery has featured in memorable ad campaigns, but now George Logan is focusing on a hard reality – using his images to save lions. He tells Keith Wilson about his book and working with Born Free…

THE MASSACRE

George’s favourite image from the book is the prelude to a grim tale

GEORGE LOGAN

Professional wildlife and advertising photographer

DAVID NEWTON

All-round Canon pro photographer David talks about his craft…

FOCUSPOINT

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

Increase depth of field

Maximize the power of your Canon camera and lens with focus stacking

STEP BY STEP GET SHARP SHOTS FRONT TO BACK

Use focus stacking and Canon’s free DPP software to create fully sharp photographs

Make some noise

Or rather, don’t! Deal with the image quality problems associated with high ISOs

Increasing the ISO

What to know when shooting at higher ISOs

Nailing exposure

Fixing underexposed photographs

Multi Shot Noise Reduction

Get strong noise reduction without so much smudging

High ISO noise reduction

Tweak this setting when shooting JPEG

School tip Set viewfinder warnings

Make sure you don’t leave Multi Shot Noise Reduction active

Taking it further in software

Shoot Raw and you get more flexibility for post-shoot noise reduction

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

Controlling shutter speed

How electronic and mechanical shutters differ, and when to use them

GEAR UPDATE

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

GIFTS GALORE FOR CHRISTMAS 2020

Perfect presents to treat the Canon photographer you love – or yourself!

BUYERS’ GUIDE

With prices ranging from a couple of hundred

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

Contacts Canon www.canon.co.uk Peleng www.digitaltoyshop.co.uk Samyang www.samyang-lens.co.uk

CANON imagePROGRAF PRO-300 printer

The new Canon imagePROGRAF PRO is a 13-inch printer that takes A3+ photo home-printing to a whole new level

CANON RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM

The RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM is around £500 more than the brilliant EF 70-200mm f/2.8L Mark III – so is it worth it?