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Just the other week Canon launched three new lenses; EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM, EF 24m f/2.8 IS USM and EF 28,mm f/2.8 IS USM. Not having used any of them I got to wonder if i’d actually buy any of them for my photography and would I need to given my current set of …

This is a quick tip for Apple Mac users to easily resize pictures for a blog, facebook or twitter without having to run any applications or keep any programs running. Apple includes a handy tool called Automator with each Mac, and you can use Automator to create your own workflows. Automator has many skills but …

Just a quick mention that Canon Ambassador Brent Stirton has won the Nature stories category at the 2012 World Press Photo Awards for his story entitled Rhino Wars. Congratulations also to Samuel Aranda for his overall win at this years World Press Photo awards. Congratulations to all the winners, and to see the best pictures …

Thanks to twitter follower @garyvorster for asking me the following question that lead to this post. They say flattery gets you everywhere, but this got me thinking; Who are the Canon guys? One of the first guys to come to mind was Syl Arena the author of possibly the most comprehensive Canon flash book ever …

Canon has launched three new EF lenses that will please wide-angle users and working professional photographers. EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM The standard lens for many professionals has long been the EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM, this new model takes from the old and starts the 25th year of EOS with completely redesigned optics to provide …

I really enjoy working in the studio, particularly when it’s cold outside. Late last year I was shooting at with Bethany, Annie and Elan. The studio space is like many spaces, big and mostly painted white plus it has plenty of lights and modifiers so acheiving all kinds of looks is quite straightforward. However the …

Despite natural disasters in both Japan and Thailand Canon has acheived a second year of net income growth and improved profitability. FY2011 Gross profit ratio 48.8%, up from 48.1% in 2010 Operating profit ration 10.6%, up from 10.5% in 2010 The results show that net sales for 2011 were 4% down on 2010, but this …

Last October I made a trip to Norway to make some presentations, one of the presentations covered the topic of Canon Speedlite flashes and was broadcast live to the web from the FotoVideo store in Oslo. I totally enjoy presenting, but there’s a special ‘buzz’ about presenting live to the web and being told to …

The other week myself and David Newton shot some on-location video interviews with several vendors on the floor of the SWPP trade show. In the videos you will see Sawood Pearce from the Canon UK professional support team talking about the new PowerShot G1X. There’s additional segments with Guy Thatcher from www.hireacamera.com, Colin Woodley from …