Add impact to your action shots

Bring your intense action shots to life with a few quick tweaks in Canon’s free DPP

36 ESSENTIAL CANON TIPS

Unlock the full creative potential of your Canon camera with our selection of top tips, tricks and EOS secrets

Turn pictures into high quality prints

Are your photos stuck on a hard drive? Dan Mold shows you how to print them out so you can showcase them on your walls at home

Traffic light trails

Dan Mold captures the passing of time with long exposures at night

TAKE CONTROL IN MANUAL

We help you make the big step up with your Canon camera with our essential guide to mastering the Manual mode

Misty mountains

James Paterson shows how to transform your landscapes from bright sunshine to moody mist with our free custom Photoshop brush

Know your Canon lens mounts

With four different lens mounts you need to make sure you get the right lens

Fix dreary skies

It’s easy to lose detail in the bright skies of your landscapes, but fear not! Dan Mold shows you how to replace an overexposed sky with ease

Menton, Cote d'Azur - Parvis St Michel, Menton, Cote d'Azur, France. 04:47am. 12 July 2009.

Early morning starts bring photographic opportunities for David Noton in this idylic square on the French Riveria

Claire Luxton

Fine art Canon photographer Claire Luxton is often her own subject and during lockdown has gone back to her roots in painting for more experimental photos

Change clothes with Affinity Photo

James Paterson swaps colours and add patterns with selections, masks and Adjustment Layers in Affinity Photo

Life imitating art

Alexander Sviridov fuses painting with photography to produce fantastical fine-art imagery that bends the mind

Laos

The barren landscapes and hazy light of Laos didn't appeal to David, however, he didn't let that stop him from photographing the local faces full of character

Craft top shots with Picture Styles

Create your unique Picture Style for processing and install it on your Canon camera

The Brenizer effect

Dan Mold shows you how to shoot and stitch together a portrait panorama for buttery-smooth shallow depth-of-field effects

Super-charge sunsets the easy way in Affinity

James Paterson shows how to give dull sunset colours a much-needed boost using the powerful Channel Mixer in Serif’s Affinity Photo software

Take infrared photos on a tight budget

Dan Mold shows you how to use a cheap infrared filter to create out-of-this world monochromatic images

INSPIRATIONS

STUNNING IMAGERY FROM THE WORLD OF CANON PHOTOGRAPHY

Kimberly

Directing her own self-portraits at home on a modest budget, photographer and model Kimberly has become Instagram famous in the space of just four years

15 TECHNIQUES FOR GREAT SUMMER LANDSCAPES

With long days and stunning light at sunrise and sunset summer is a fantastic season for photography – follow our top tips to learn how to take your Canon skills up a level

Sometimes automation helps

Choose the right Canon exposure mode for the subject to achieve the results you want

SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Learn how to photograph food via remote control on screen using Canon’s free EOS Utility software

LOCKDOWN IS LIFTED! CREATIVE CAMERA SKILLS

As lockdown and restrictions are lifted, we reveal what three of the best Canon pros have been shooting to inspire you during these times

Restore your old family portraits

James Paterson restores vintage photos using Serif’s Affinity Photo

INSPIRATIONS

STUNNING IMAGERY FROM THE WORLD OF CANON PHOTOGRAPHY

Cracking portraits

As a press photographer, Sean wanted to try something out of the ‘norm’ and as such experimented with some clay makeup…

Carcassonne

Carcassonne, Aude, France. 5:43pm. 18 September 2011. David reflects on his favourite pictures of Carcassonne and explains how much time and effort was required to get a shot as inspiring as the location itself

CANON RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM

The RF 24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM is an excellent everyday enthusiast lens for EOS mirrorless – but is speed an issue?

Boudoir on a budget

Get the best boudoir portraits at home using only diffused window light in the bedroom with our pro photographer Peter Travers

Add texture easily

Dan Mold shows you how to use the free textures supplied with this issue of PhotoPlus to add texture to your shots in Photoshop Elements