There’s a firmware update available for the EOS 6D Mark II. Firmware v.10.4 addresses a rare phenomenon where the touchscreen and camera buttons become unresponsive. EOS 6D Mark II – firmware update v1.0.4 Firmware Version 1.0.4 incorporates the following fixes: 1. Corrects a phenomenon in which in rare instances, the operation buttons and some …
Lastolite have an amazing new strip softbox. The Ezybox Pro Strip measures 25cm x 150cm and will work with Speedlites, portable flashes and studio flash. It’s great to see a strip softbox that can take two Speedlite flashes. I’m really excited about this new light shaper from Lastolite. There’s two things that really appeal, the …
This is a quick tip to create a warmer sunset look to your photos, using cool flash! While the UK is enjoying a mini heatwave, sunsets are plentiful, but they only have that nice warm light at the end of the day. If your shoot is not at the end of the day and you …
The combination of soft and hard light creates pictures with a distinctive look, and they need very little retouching too. Mixing a main light with a fill light is a common technique, but I’ve been battling with trying to understand how best to use the deep grid for my tiny Lastolite EzyBox Speed-Lite 2. Each …
The main lens of many photographers, the EF 70-200mm L-series has been updated. Not to do things by halves, Canon has updated both the f/2.8 and f/4 Image Stabilizer versions; EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS III USM and EF 70-200mm f/4L IS II USM. These lenses have been a pretty well guarded secret, or maybe I’ve …
Flash settings are much easier to change using the camera LCD screen. This post will show you some shortcuts to get even quicker access to flash settings. Many EOS cameras introduced since 2007 have the possibility to configure the Speedlite flash settings by pressing a series of buttons and navigating to the relevant parts of …
It’s been a busy few weeks with plenty of portraits at workshops and camera club talks. Today’s post is a few of the portrait photos that I’ve taken recently plus an explanation of the lighting for each one. Jonathan – Iceland At the beginning of April I visited Iceland with my buddy Jonathan, partly to …
Portraits with a 400mm lens! Photography rules are made for learning, understanding and then breaking, an EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM is not the lens that most people would think of as a portrait lens. Portraits with 400mm lens I was working with Speedlite flash at a Canon event. My subject for the two …