Discover how to make great black and white images using Digital Photo Professional. Canon DPP software processes RAW and JPG images from your EOS camera, but most photographers only create monochrome results from images shot in RAW. I’ll show you how to create better results with extra control of how each colour tone is represented …
Some photographers just seem to get lucky with a camera that always nails focus instantly. What do they know and do that makes their camera autofocus better than yours? My observations of many photographers on workshops and 1-2-1 sessions is that they don’t do all they can to help their camera focus quickly and accurately …
Reviewing pictures on camera is just press the playback button isn’t it? Yes it is, but there are additional settings that help you check focus, exposure and move through large numbers of images. I almost hesitated to share this set of tips, thinking they would be so obvious but every time I get to watch …
With up to eight AF area choices to cover a range of photographic situations it’s slow to switch between the ones you use. Use the limit AF areas setting to speed up switching between the AF areas you work with. Limit AF areas Most photographers I know use just a small subset of the AF …
Your camera has the option to include your name in the digital information, known as metadata, that is included with every image. This is how you setup your camera with your name to be added to the metadata. Most modern EOS cameras have three fields that you can use to store your name and copyright …
Safety shift is a custom setting designed to avoid over or underexposed images when using shutter or aperture priority modes with a manually set ISO. When active it can override the selected shutter speed in Tv mode, aperture value in Av modes or ISO in Tv, Av and P modes. Shutter priority and safety shift …
Zebras are a stripped overlay that can be displayed over parts of the image that fall within or beyond preset values. Using zebras helps to gauge movie exposure and where in the frame mid-tones and highlights are. What are zebras? These are not the zebra’s you might find in Africa or the local zoo, but …
EOS R-series cameras with two card slots have a setting to identify a priority card, that ensures your camera writes to the expected card whenever it is available. The priority card is set from the record play settings within the record function / card + folder selection menu. When set the camera will always prioritise …