Innehållsförteckning för No. 595 från Photography Week

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SHOOTING IN MANUAL To get started Laura asked Helen to put her Canon EOS R6 into its Manual mode, and opened the aperture on her 100-400mm lens to its widest f/5.6 at 400mm for a shallow depth of field to create separation between their first subject, Leonardo, and the background, so that he was the clear focal point. Laura set a shutter speed of 1/400 sec to freeze the dog and eliminate camera-shake. The low light levels needed a whopping ISO of 10,000! ANIMAL EYE AF Laura shoots with Canon EOS R5 and R6 full-frame bodie,s and both feature Canon’s incredible Animal Eye autofocus. Helen used the Animal Eye AF on her R6 to quickly lock onto pets’ eyes make sure they were pin-sharp – it also came in handy…

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Bokeh derives from the Japanese word ‘boke’, which means blur, and it’s used to describe the quality of the out-of-focus specular highlights you see time and time again in images, such as portraits or still lifes. Bokeh is often achieved by focusing on a subject that’s separated from a concentrated light source (like a string of LED lights). By shooting at a wide aperture to create a shallow depth of field, the lights in the background are rendered as attractive glowing shapes. Narrower apertures are still capable of capturing bokeh, but the super-wide apertures of fast lenses are known for producing the creamy depths of field that create these attractive specs of blur most effectively. Not all bokeh is the same shape, though. You may notice images with spherical, hexagonal,…

www.dji.com From £689/$759 The Mini 4 Pro appears to be a refinement rather than an out-and-out replacement for DJI’s already popular Mini 3 Pro model. When launching that generation of drones, the world’s most successful drone manufacturer made clear that it considered it possible to offer three distinct tiers in the ultralight (below 250g) category. The generational number hasn’t advanced at the same time, but it isn’t a surprise that it’s the Pro that changes first. So how can what is – or, at least, should be – DJI’s best option under 250g keep itself ahead of the pack? The drone powerhouse has decided that it’s the software and AI, rather than the camera sensor, that are worthy of attention, and that’s certainly something that chimes with not just the…

Lens maker AstrHori has released the 18mm F8 2X Periprobe, an APS-C version of the 28mm F13 2X Macro Periprobe, a full-frame probe lens with a front element angled through 90 degrees, enabling the lens to ‘see round corners’, which it launched last year. The new lens has the same rotating barrel tip as the full-frame version, with its perpendicular viewpoint (relative to the main lens barrel), enabling you to shoot at 90 degrees in three directions, as well as straight ahead. This opens up possibilities for intriguing new creative effects, such as being able to point the lens straight down into the undergrowth or into a flowing stream, with the 90-degree lens angle enabling you to capture a horizontal bug’s-eye view of the scene ahead. This latest APS-C revision…

1 PAWS FOR THOUGHT When a client’s pet enters Laura’s studio she always gives them five minutes to get settled. She’ll also fire the flashes a few times so the animals get used to it. 2 SCREEN CALIBRATION To ensure the colours in Laura’s pet portraits are accurate when editing, she calibrates her computer monitor once a month with a Datacolor SpyderX Pro. 3 CLEANER BACKGROUNDS Laura uses the black point and white point eyedroppers in Lightroom Classic CC to set the darkest or brightest point of an image. This ensures that black or white backgrounds look even, and will smooth out blotches. 4 ATTACK OF THE CLONES Any fur, muddy paw prints or inconsistent colours in the background can be distracting, so Laura uses tools like the Clone Stamp…

EVENING FOUNTAIN GEORGE KURZIK “This is a multiple long-exposure HDR taken at dusk at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.” https://bit.ly/2QrRzC5 TOAD’S MOUTH NEIL SHAW “This is where Burbage Brook passes under the road on the Longshaw Estate in the UK’s Peak District. This spot is called Toad’s Mouth because of a frog-shaped rock that’s located nearby.” https://bit.ly/46SWxJa DISTORTED REALITY III MARK GREENFIELD “This is the stairway to the main hall area of MUDEC, the museum of culture in Milan, Italy. It’s one of a series of images of the building that I shot.” https://bit.ly/3v1BExW 5 WHITE MUSHROOMS ALEXANDER FENZL “I loved the arrangement of these glossy white fungi. Taken with my Nikon Z6 and 150mm f/8 lens.” https://bit.ly/3lnVBrv FACEBOOK http://bit.ly/39py9lg FLICKR http://bit.ly/2VIgsJO PHOTOGRAPHY WEEK WANTS YOUR PHOTOS! Taken a…

1 BLACK CARD Thick black paper will help prevent light leaks, and is what you’ll need to create a DIY aperture disc. We’ve settled on a heart, but the aperture can be any shape you wish. When placed in front of your lens and used with a wide-open aperture, it’ll transform the bokeh into your chosen shape. 2 CRAFT UTENSILS You’ll need a pencil to draw around your lens and mark out a template on the black card, which then needs to be cut out. We’d recommend using sticky tape to fix the card components together, so that your aperture disc stays securely in one piece when you’re out and about shooting. 3 TAPE MEASURE It’s important that your aperture shape is placed directly in the centre of the disc. You can…

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PRO LAURA GALBRAITH CAMERA: CANON EOS R5 & R6 Laura was an IT and maths teacher, but seven years ago she decided to pursue her passion and become a full-time photographer. She now runs a successful pet photography and workshop business, and she’s enjoyed critical success too, winning the Guild of Photographers Bird Image of the Year title in 2019 and Nature and Wildlife Image of the Year in 2020. We took Helen along to meet her at her home studio near Cambridge, UK. lauragalbraith photography.co.uk HELEN BLACK CAMERA: CANON EOS R6 Helen is a former IT trainer for a recruitment agency. She’s always had a strong interest in photography, and when she was made redundant 10 years ago she found she had more time to devote to her hobby.…

1 FULL-FRAME MIRRORLESS CANON BODIES For a long time Laura shot with a Canon EOS 5D Mk IV DSLR, but she’s now finished upgrading her kit and lenses to the EOS R mirrorless system. Her main workhorse is now the 45MP EOS R5, and she has a 20MP EOS R6 as a backup body. Both cameras are professional bodies capable of firing at 12fps with the mechanical shutter (and even quicker with the electronic shutter). 2 CANON L-SERIES LENSES Laura has a wide range of Canon’s RF L-series lenses, including the Canon RF 24-70mm F2.8L IS USM, which is a fantastic all-rounder, and the Canon RF 400mm F2.8L IS USM, which she takes on safaris. Her go-to lens for pet portraits, both indoors and outside, is the Canon RF 70-200mm…

Wildlife Photographer of the Year has announced the winner of the People’s Choice Award for its 2023 contest. British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani took the prize for his magical image Ice Bed, which shows a young polar bear sleeping on a makeshift bed at the top of an iceberg. Sarikhani’s winning shot was captured during a photography expedition off Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. More than 50,000 images were entered into Wildlife Photographer of the Year last year, with 100 making it through to the finals. A further 25 images were selected by the judges and the UK’s Natural History Museum, which runs the contest, with the public invited to vote for their favourite. Click the link to see more images from the People’s Choice Award, and from the main contest. The…

Photoshop’s Brush Tool is full of hidden delights, and in this issues video tutorial we’ll explore one of our favourite features to create an eye-catching effect. Symmetry Painting lets you paint in several places at once. There are several types of Symmetrical Painting options to experiment with, but the most enjoyable is Mandala. Often seen in Hindu and Buddhist symbolism, mandalas are geometric patterns organised around a single central point (‘mandala’ is Sanskrit for ‘circle’). The Mandala setting in Photoshop lets you create these sorts of designs in seconds. You can also choose the number of segments for your mandala design, which essentially determines how many places you can paint in at once. It’s simple to set up, and it’s very easy to lose yourself once you begin painting circular…