PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine

Introducing the all-new PhotoPlus: The Canon Magazine, the biggest and best Canon DSLR photography magazine. We're now bigger and better than ever, with 148 pages packed with more Canon EOS DSLR techniques, test and tips than ever. You'll find new Canon pro photographer interviews, more in-depth Canon DSLR and kit tests, a comprehensive Canon DSLR and lens buyers' guide, Canon School technical advice, photo stories and more

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PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine

DORSET DELIGHTS • This month Canon professional landscape photographer Jack Lodge teaches PhotoPlus Apprentice Gary to chase the light and take top photos around the Isle of Purbeck

INSPIRATIONS • BRILLIANT B&W IMAGERY FROM THE WORLD OF CANON PHOTOGRAPHY

SHARPEN YOUR CANON SKILLS • Learn to take pin-sharp shots of everything from big landscapes to flying birds and motorsports

Three reasons why your photos aren’t sharp • Discover how to analyze your shots and pinpoint the specific causes of blurred images

How to cure camera shake forever! • Make sure a basic error like moving your camera during the exposure doesn’t mess up your shots

How to master your camera support system • Use tried and tested ways to keep your camera still

Mastering vertical and horizontal grips

How to fix your focusing fluffs • Make sure your autofocus is on target with these top tips

Setting up for sharp static subjects • Use AF-Single to target a precise point of focus that isn’t going to change

The right mode for moving targets • For subjects in motion, like a bird in flight or a racing car, continuous Servo AF is the way to go

Using hyperfocal distance – or how to cheat! • Boost front-to-back sharpness with small apertures and a calculated focus point

Coping with subject movement • Master shutter speed to shoot pin-sharp shots of fast action

Sharpening images in software • Improving sharpness is the best approach for your photographs

GET CRISP EDGES IN PHOTOSHOP • Use the High Pass filter selectively to give your shots extra bite

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Peppa Pig to the rescue! • My first kit loan was a Canon EF 600mm which I balanced on my car roof to take a summer silhouette of Brentor Church

CanonSkills • Sharpen up your photography skills with our all-new photo projects and expert guides

Craft your own cyanotypes • Discover how to make richly-detailed Prussian blue prints of random objects and photos taken with your Canon gear, with James Paterson

Super-tele zoom skills • Peter Travers explains how to get the best out of Canon’s RF 200-800mm

Kaleidoscopic colour • Dan Mold shows you how to get the best results with glass prisms

Blue-hour brilliance • Sean McCormack shows you how to master Lightroom Classic’s AI masking function to create dramatic night-time cityscapes

Haze your backdrop • James Paterson shows you how to use Adobe Camera Raw’s Dehaze tool to add mist effects

A flare for photos • Create lens flare effects from scratch in Affinity Photo and master shapes, Live Filters and colour tools with James Paterson

TOMMY REYNOLDS • Personal growth and sharing advice are important to Tommy Reynolds. But even more key is a connection to your subject. Lauren Scott discovers what makes this photographer and filmmaker click, and how the wedding industry has evolved

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