Recently I have been doing a lot of shoots with flash both Canon Speedlites and Elinchrom studio lights. Just last week I had a call from fellow photographer Ross Holkham asking if I would like to join him for a shoot. Not being one to turn down the chance to shoot, and actually thinking that …
The EOS 600D is the third model in the Canon line-up to feature an integrated Speedlite Transmitter. Simply pop-up the built-in flash navigate round the camera menus and you can control multiple off-camera Speedlite flashes right from the camera. With the Speedlite transmitter function being a new feature at this level in the range Canon …
…and why you need to have at least f/5.6 aperture for AF to work Canon DSLR cameras use an AF system known as phase detection. This system is fast and accurate, much faster than the contrast detection AF system used in most compact cameras. In recent times the number of AF points and the area …
Working with off-camera Speedlite flashes on location gives many photographers a new way to light their subjects, yet add a few coloured gels and you have access to a bigger palette of colour than you would find naturally. Some of the popular gels are the colour correction types. These are designed to convert the colour …
There are a great number of books about flash photography available, however there are not so many that are specifically about getting the most out of the Canon Speedlites. There are certainly not many that go in to the depth that Syl Arena’s new book entitled Speedliter’s Handbook does. For the sake of full disclosure …
Spring is here, and Canon has announced a whole collection of new products: EOS 600D EOS 1100D Speedlite 320EX and Speedlite 270EX II EF500mm f/4L IS II USM and EF600mm f/4L IS II USM EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM EXTENDER 1.4x Some new IXUS cameras, PIXMA printers and six new calculators… The number 6 has appeared …
When you first get a new camera it’s so tempting to get out and shoot right away, but I have learnt that it’s better to personalise a camera to my way of shooting as I find that this helps me to learn the new camera faster, and ensures I get what I expect right from …
With the onset of winter in the UK the temperatures drop which causes many photgraphers to seek solace and warmth inside, for the few that venture out photography becomes a game of battery switchovers. Keeping a ‘warm’ set of batteries in an inside pocket and switching it for the ones in the camera every few …