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Canon is one of the biggest names on the photography market. Within this bookazine you will learn about the essential kit, how to clean your camera and the best lenses to use for all sorts of photographs. We will also take you through the best way to compose your shots, using the flash and other useful piece of equipment. The How to section will assist you with a variety of shots and the best way to achieve them. Finally, we’ll help you get to grips with Canon’s powerful editing and sharing software. Enjoy the book!…

The EOS M3, like other mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras, was designed to aid enthusiasts to take their first steps into DSLR-style photography; offering the flexibility of lens choice and a full range of manual controls and enhanced technology all within the portable, compact body of a bridge. As well as attracting photographers looking to step up to a more challenging platform, the EOS M3 makes for an affordable choice for semi-professionals looking for a sensible back-up model. This has been made even more attractive as owners can purchase an optional mount adaptor (EF-EOS M) to enjoy the full support of the EF and EF-S lens range, meaning they can team the shooter with their existing collection of lenses as well as any new EF-M range products they might like to…

Giving your Canon a good clean will help to prolong its life and ensure it is performing to its best ability. Marks on the lens can show up in your shots and general dirt on the camera body can find its way into the inner workings, so it is in your best interest to keep it spotless. The outer body of your camera is easy to clean yourself at home, but when it comes to cleaning the very delicate sensor, it is best to send it away to be dealt with professionally. Here’s how we recommend you go about it……

Your Canon’s mode dial features a whole host of fantastic shooting modes that can help you develop from a budding beginner to experienced enthusiast in no time at all. Whether you want to simply point and shoot in Auto and Scene modes, or take more control over your exposures in semiautomatic (P, Av, Tv) or full Manual mode, in this practical guide we’ll take you through all you need to know about using each one. Most Canon cameras feature what’s known as a mode dial on the top plate, which gives you quick access to your shooting modes, and some require you to adjust your shooting mode via the menu interface. Explore what options you have available and then join us as we take you around the mode dial from…

Editing software has come a long way and now boasts some incredible tools to sharpen up soft shots. They can’t save one that’s simply out of focus, however, so it’s vital to learn how to keep it sharp in-camera. The best way to do this is to learn the right mode for the job, as well as utilising tricks like pre-focusing, and selecting your AF point. Read on to explore these methods further but to begin with we’ll take you through the very basic method of focusing your camera – just half-press the shutter-release button to focus, then fully press it to take the shot. It’s as simple as that! It’s vital to learn the focusing modes. Canon cameras come with the fundamental One-Shot and Al Servo modes. One-Shot AF…

ISO is the third part of the exposure triangle alongside aperture and shutter speed. Setting a higher ISO will increase how sensitive the sensor is to light, which brightens up exposures. Some modern cameras have a huge range – you can now shoot in incredibly dark environments and still get usable shots. The downside is that noise will surface at higher settings, resulting in specks appearing and you may notice the colours become de-saturated and details are softer. It’s a payoff you have to be aware of but it’s an incredibly useful tool. Edit out noise Sometimes you just have to raise your ISO and accept that noise will appear, but there is a way to reduce its effects. Most editing suites will have a noise reduction feature – in…

Colour can make or break an image; it either sells the picture or it doesn’t. Often colour adds interest, aids composition and draws the viewers’ eye in, but get it wrong and it can be overlooked or even distracting for the viewer to behold. If you’re going to take an image of something because of its colour then you need to make sure it’s full of vibrancy and vivacity, and the main focus of the shot. This isn’t always possible to do in-camera, even with Canon’s brilliant array of colour picture modes and creative filters. The best solution is to shoot the subject, ensuring the exposure and colour balance are well-metered and as accurate as possible, and then open the image up in DPP for a little post-shoot razzle dazzle.…

Sharing photographs online may be the easiest way to exhibit your work, but nothing beats a printed image that can be physically put on display. The act of printing photographs has diminished, but it doesn’t take much work to create high-quality prints of your favourite image at home using a standard printer. When printing photographs at home it’s advised that you print using photography paper, which is a little more expensive than normal paper but the jump in quality is massive. Purchase from a stationery store or online. If you don’t own a printer there is a variety of online printing services available, including Flickr’s print ordering tool and sites such as photobox.co.uk which offers a variety of different print types to be ordered and delivered to your home. Ordering…

Backing up photographs taken on your Canon is crucial in securing your images. There is always a risk that a hard drive could suddenly fail, so it’s important that you have your photos stored on a backup hard drive. Purchase a hard drive online with the capacity to hold your images then drag and drop them into it. There are other cost-effective options for backing up your images. Free image library software is provided by both Windows (Photo Gallery) and Apple (iPhoto). These enable you to export your entire library to an external storage device. Another option is to use a cloud service where you can access and download your photos at any time. Services such as Google Drive and Dropbox make this easy, providing you with desktop folders that…

Canon has long been revered as one of the ‘big two’ heavyweight brands in the camera market, and even with the emergence of strong rival brands, Canon has always held its place. The company is still one of the most popular go-to brands for all walks of photographer; from complete newbie to lifetime professional. The thing that sparks customers’ interest, and what keeps them returning time after time, is the brand’s complete obsession with perfection. Whether customers are shooting for pleasure or profit, Canon has created a wide-ranging remit of cameras that not only creatively empower its users, but also extend technology that immortalises frame after frame in impeccable detail. Today Canon cameras are universally regarded as being as reliable as they are highperforming, as feature-rich as they are well-built,…

Both bridge and superzooms are compact, but they also share one other familiar trait; they provide huge zooms that deliver impressive focal ranges, sometimes in excess of 1000mm (equivalent). This attracts photographers who particularly enjoy shooting at vast distances such as sports, action, wildlife and street photography. Bridge cameras look like mini DSLRs, the main difference being that the big lens doesn’t detach. They only tend to be available in black and are considered larger and bulkier than other compacts, but this is because they usually offer larger focal ranges, like the PowerShot SX50 HS, which provides a jaw-dropping 50x optical zoom. Another draw of this type of shooter is that they normally feature an integrated viewfinder, which some photographers find easier to compose shots with when shooting far into…

Delve into your Canon’s menu…

When you first get your Canon camera, or even when you’ve had it for quite some time, you might not know what all of those fiddly buttons do. What are their functions? This guide aims to inform you about what all of them do. You’ll be an expert in no time!…

Auto mode is known for being a straightforward, no-fuss point and shoot setting. It’s also easy to identify on your Canon’s mode dial and features within almost all of its camera models, only with the exception of professional-level DSLRs. Beginners who are keen to get stuck into their photography can sometimes overlook this powerful setting and head straight for the scene modes or semiautomatic (P, Av, Tv) settings. However, Auto is a great place to start developing your skills, and in fact as a shooting mode it has the capacity to capture some really great images indoors and out. As a setting, Auto mode is designed to essentially take care of the exposure for you, which means you won’t have to learn the ins and outs of how aperture and…

Just like our eyes, cameras record the available light in a scene in order to produce an image. However, a camera is not quite as sophisticated as the human eye and can sometimes struggle to record light accurately. When we view a scene, our eyes automatically balance out the different level of light intensity so that we can see as much detail as possible. Cameras also try to do this, however due to their relatively limited dynamic range, areas of shadow can appear incredibly dark, whilst bright areas can appear excessively light. To avoid this problem, it helps to know how to control your Canon’s metering system. Keep an image’s whites white When photographing bright white or deep black subjects, your camera’s metering system can often struggle, as it will…

Flash can be the ultimate tool in your kit bag if it’s used correctly. It can help to achieve correct exposures in dark environments such as parties or weddings, help with difficult lighting situations, or it can even freeze action due to the rapid burst of light. The problem is, most people start off using flash and end up unhappy with the results. Flash can be harsh if fired straight on, resulting in unpleasant shadows. Here we will teach you how to take control of your kit to avoid these pitfalls and get the best results. Improve pop-up flash results If you can’t afford a speedlight right away, there are tricks you can apply to improve the results you get from your camera’s fixed flash. Try placing a piece of…

Macro photography is arguably one of the most abstract incarnations of the art, whether it’s photographing tiny insects and making them look like behemoths or capturing textures and transforming them into abstract landscapes. So what is macro photography? The simple answer is close-up, detail photography, like photographing details in a landscape through binoculars. Macro photography is relatively straightforward as it’s all about distance. Not just the physical distance between photographer and subject, but more a closeness inside your camera. The sensor within your camera, whether it’s cropped or fullframe, sits static at the bottom of a lens once one is attached, and there it stays, capturing the light sent to it. All the lens has to do is move glass closer or farther away from the sensor to send a…

We’ve all been there; you’ve found the perfect scene or subject so you’ve cued up a lovely composition, perfected the exposure, ensured an accurate white balance only to get home and find something that’s stolen the focus for the wrong reasons. It could be a jot of dust, a blazing sunspot or something that’s too distracting to stay. Thankfully Canon’s DPP software provides just the tool for the job; a stamp that clones and covers these unwanted blights, leaving you with literally spotless, and flawless images. Use it to Clone good areas The tool works by cloning a ‘good’ area and covering the ‘bad’ area, enabling you to quickly erase annoying elements. Alternate method For faster coverage, use the Select Copy Source to speed things up. Clone and cover Sunspots,…

The idea behind integrated Wi-Fi technology in cameras is that it’s a quicker, easier way of sharing photos and videos, particularly when you’re away from home or the office. Files can be uploaded directly to the internet from the camera, to be shared via email, Twitter, Facebook or YouTube. Photographers can back up their pictures via the cloud using Image Sync or the Send via Server function, to their CANON iMAGE GATEWAY, Flickr, Google Drive accounts and to their own personal computer simultaneously. What’s more, Wi-Fi clad Canon cameras and printers can communicate with each other, so that you can print images without getting tangled in wires. In regards to your camera’s NFC powers, when used in conjunction with the free Canon CameraWindow app, photographers can connect their Wi-Fi shooter…

Canon’s arsenal of DSLR cameras is something that is ever-growing and ever-improving. Many of the world’s photography elite are proud to own one or several models, and even everyday photography fans can enjoy the product, thanks to the range of DSLRs on offer. The range is helpfully split into three groups; Beginners, Enthusiasts and Professionals. The beginner models are designed for keen amateurs who want to upgrade from a compact. As such, the DSLRs in this category are more simplistic and offer helpful guides and selfexplanatory controls to aid newcomers. The EOS range for enthusiasts supports those looking to challenge themselves and those who may want to take the next step towards becoming a semi-professional. The cameras feature enhanced technology and provide a wider choice of commands on the camera…

Canon produces two varieties of compact camera: PowerShot and IXUS. The differences between the two families come down to their target audience as the IXUS is aimed at people who simply want to point-and-shoot, whereas the PowerShot branch is intended for those who want to pursue photography. As such, the IXUS compacts tend to be slimmer and less equipped, whereas the PowerShot range incorporate bigger lenses with longer zooms and heartier technology, which results in larger cameras. Canon segments its collection of compacts from both branches into the following categories: Expert, Bridge, Superzoom, Wi-Fi, Point and Shoot, Underwater and adventure, and finally Low-light cameras. Keen photography enthusiasts should look in particular at the Expert, Bridge, Superzoom and Low-light assortment of compacts as the majority of these models feature manual as…

Granted, Canon’s camera menu system doesn’t sound like the most glamorous or scintillating facet of the device, but in actual fact understanding how to use it, and how to use it well, can really enhance your photography. By exploring, learning and changing the menu options, photographers have the ability to take control away from the camera and hand themselves the reigns to execute stronger, more dynamic and interesting imagery. What’s more, photographers who understand how to manipulate the in-camera system will be in a better place to challenge themselves in tricky lighting conditions or in more complex shooting situations. So are you ready to learn more? Let’s get started… Shooting menus Most menus on Canon cameras are split up into shooting, playback and settings tabs. The shooting menus are red…

Composition is one of most basic yet important skills for creating images, and is used by artists and photographers alike. It describes what is included within the frame and where it is positioned, with the aim of creating the most engaging and visually pleasing image possible. How you compose a photo can have a big impact on how it is interpreted, so it is one of the first things you should learn about in photography. In this guide we will take you through some simple tips for creating stunning images every time, no matter which Canon you own. When taking a photo of any scene, it can be tempting to simply point and click so you can move on to the next shot. However, taking your time over an image…

Your white balance setting plays an important role in how your Canon captures colour but seeing as most auto white balance modes are so accurate these days, it is something that is often overlooked. In this guide, we’ll explain how white balance really works and point out why it’s worth getting out of Auto and exploring what this mode really has to offer. Here you’ll discover more about each white balance setting and find out how it can be used to help record colours accurately in your shots or even add creative effects to your photos. JPEG vs RAW white balance It’s important to note that if you’re shooting in JPEG and have set the wrong white balance it will be difficult, and sometime impossible, to correct it later when…

The greatest asset, other than a Canon camera, that every wildlife photography enthusiast should have, is patience. If you’re not a patient person this genre may be a struggle, as typically to get the most natural, awe-inspiring images you’ll need to conceal yourself, keep quiet and wait, sometimes for long periods of time, before your subject even emerges. What’s more, when the animal does appear its presence may be fleeting, so it’s important to know your camera inside-out, so you can work efficiently in the few moments you have. Over these pages we’ll cover everything you need to know, from embracing the right settings to carrying the best kit. Set up to shoot Ensuring your camera is ready for action before any wildlife appears makes the difference between getting the…

Balancing exposures can be a tricky business and not always possible to do in-camera, particularly if you have a high contrast scene, for example where you have to prioritise either shadow detail over highlight detail, or vice versa. That’s where Canon’s Digital Photo Professional (DPP) editing suite comes in handy, as it extends to consumers of the brand an incredibly useful exposure adjustment tool known as the Tone Curve Adjustment feature. Here photographers can place points on the tone curve and pull them up or down to affect the depth of shadows and/or the brightness of highlights. Doing so results in a correctly exposed frame, which improves the appearance of the whole image. Use it to Lighten shadows Add light to the shadows. Improve highlights Decrease the harshness of highlights…

Landscapes can be as captivating as they are challenging. There are so many elements at play it can be tricky to get everything right; lighting, exposure settings, composition, stability, level horizons and more. As landscapes typically require a long depth of field to ensure as much as possible is in focus, it’s common to use a narrow aperture and a longer shutter speed. Therefore, for the images to be crisp and not fall victim to image blur, a tripod is needed. Most contemporary tripods feature a spirit level to aid capturing a straight horizon, however just because the camera is on straight, it doesn’t mean the scene in front of you necessarily is, which is why we’ve included a quick tutorial on how to perfect straight horizons in DPP. Use…

Facebook is perfect for sharing photos, since you’ve already got an audience to see them! Photos can be uploaded in a variety of ways; you can upload individual images to a Facebook post adding location information, other users and a status update, or you can add entire galleries of images in the form of a Facebook gallery. Galleries can also include videos. In the Status Update window click Add Photos/ Video. Here you’ll be able to choose whether you want to upload individual photos or an entire album. Click Create Photo Album. Select the images from your computer that you want included and click Open. You can edit and manage your photos in the Upload window while the selection is uploaded. Click the drop-down arrow in an image thumbnail to…