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 …
EOS 800D and EOS 200D can be configured for back button focus. I’ve received a couple of questions about how to setup back button AF on these cameras so here it is… Back button focus Back button focus changes how the camera operates and is popular among sports, wildlife, press and street photographers. Though it …
Focus stacking is a technique to increase the depth of field in your macro photos. The process is straightforward, requiring a combination of camera technique and Photoshop to deliver the results. Focus stacking Take a series of pictures with small changes in the focus distance for each frame. Then use Photoshop to group the pictures …
Over 2017 I wrote a good many articles for print and online magazines, a few less on this blog. I plan to be back more on the blog in 2018. Looking back through the statistics, it’s clear that there is one 2017 post that was the most visited, it has over 5x the number of …
Birds in flight are hard to photograph, particularly when they are close to you. The EOS 7D Mark II is a popular choice for wildlife photos, including birds in flight, so here’s my choice of AF settings. Birds in flight with the EOS 7D Mark II Step 1 – set the camera to AI …
Moving your camera to follow the path of a moving subject is a skill that takes time to master. I started to build my skills panning with racing cars on track, shooting on film. Panning practice is much cheaper with digital, and you should learn the basic skills a little faster thanks to the option …
I have seen so much confusion over EOS DSLR camera focus modes, that I have written this post, to help you choose the right focus mode. One of the major reasons that folks come to my workshops for the advanced cameras is to learn how to set-up and get the best from the advanced AF …