It’s time again for Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk. An opportunity for photographers to meet up and walk, talk and make new connections around the world. This time I’m leading a walk right at the heart of the country in Birmingham. Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk 2019 – Birmingham I’m looking for fellow photographers to …
Canon has issued a security advisory relating to communication & firmware vulnerabilities in a large number of EOS cameras. This is a global issue with the same message found on Canon Europe and Canon USA websites. Canon says… An international team of security researchers has drawn our attention to a vulnerability related to communications via …
Manual exposure mode, the one where you are in complete control of your photos. Sometimes you need a little helping hand, and same exposure new aperture is that aid. You know “full” manual where you determine the shutter speed, aperture and ISO. So this helpful same exposure for new aperture function makes your life just …
Safety shift is the helping hand for many EOS cameras that keeps exposure in check when the light changes, either unexpectedly or gradually. Let me give you a scenario… you choose to shoot some action shots and know that the right shutter speed is key to capturing motion. If that means you turn the mode …
When taking a portrait of a person in a mirror, the challenge is not appearing in the photo yourself. To keep yourself out of the frame, use the shift movement of a tilt-shift lens. So before we start, let’s take a look at what the shift movement does. Shift movement Shift is the movement conventionally …
Flexible priority (Fv) mode features on the EOS R series of cameras. It’s a mode that suits many photographic situations, but is poorly understood by camera owners. EOS R and EOS RP, both include flexible priority exposure mode. From recent workshops I’ve provided for EOS Training Academy it’s clear that many owners are not using …
Earlier this week Canon launched two new PowerShot cameras, the G7X Mark III and G5X Mark II, plus the RF 24-240mm f/4-6.3 IS USM lens. PowerShot G7X Mark III & PowerShot G5X Mark II I’ve always loved my PowerShot G-series cameras and have a PowerShot G7X in my camera collection at the moment. I’m pretty …
A tilt-shift lens for portraits makes for interesting results. With careful focus and some tilt you get super sharp eyes, and naturally smoother skin tone and softer texture. A good number of photographers I meet have never even seen a tilt-shift lens. Those that have, often think they are used for architecture to “stop buildings …