E-TTL balance changes how your camera adjusts the balance of Speedlite and ambient light. You need to be using a automatic exposure mode on the camera and E-TTL on the Speedlite. When you take photos that combine flash and available light, there’s always a ratio between the flash and the ambient light. The E-TTL balance …
Outdoor locations can be amazing places to work, whilst a concrete tunnel under a major motorway may not be your first choice, I’m sharing some results and the way they were created. Working on location, is both a challenge and a gift. It’s a challenge I really enjoy and making the most of a less than …
Canon has announced an update to the Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT, it’s called the ST-E3-RT (Ver.2). Launched back in 2012 this is the first update in almost nine years and adds features when it’s used with the latest cameras and Speedlite EL-1. ST-E3-RT Ver.2, what’s new? Second curtain sync flash – something Canon has never had …
Second curtain sync is when the flash is triggered just at the end of the shutter opening time. Conventionally the flash fires at the start of the exposure when the first shutter curtain has fully uncovered the sensor, and there’s a visual difference in photos if the subject is moving. Rear curtain sync is also …
Discover how I use EOS R custom controls to make every single remaining button do something useful for my kind of photography. This is the third and final step that details how my EOS R camera has had it’s operation refined to suit the photos I make. I’ve grouped all these miscellaneous button functions together, …
AVAILABLE LIGHT IS JUST NOT NATURAL You know the plan, you head out in to the night, turning the ISO up in the vain hope of catching some shots with available light. In your head it seemed like the natural thing to do… then PANIC sets in. ISO 12,800 is NOT NATURAL is it? The …
A few weeks back I was contacted by Lyn Morton asking if I would be able to join him for an interview on the EOS Photographer podcast. I said yes… and this is the result. Simply click the image and you’ll head over to the EOS Photographer site to listen to our 40 minute conversation.
I’m a huge fan of 85mm focal length, and recently I got an opportunity to shoot with the latest Canon RF 85mm F1.2L USM for just one day. I was asked to deliver a pair of Speedlite portrait seminars with Canon and Camera Centre UK in Cardiff. Canon had brought along a selection of lenses …