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PhotoYou Your Digital Camera Companion
AUTUMN 2010
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President, Asia Pacific/latin america Patricia Hespanha Editor Dora Cheok Design Director David Ross
Meet the Team! Managing Editor Valerie Wee valerie@photoyoumag.com art director Melanie Tu melanie@photoyoumag.com
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Contents
Proofreader Natalie Thompson Shawn Pang
Our Sales People PUBLISHER & MANAGING DIRECTOR Christopher Axberg
PhotoYou — Autumn 2010
Group Advertising Director, Asia Gwen Loong gwen@photoyoumag.com
News
Circulation Marketing Director Sharon Low
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Reader’s letters We get the experts to answer all your photo related questions
48 Watch out, DSLR! Learn to avoid the nasty things that ruin your precious camera
88 A Gift of good times shows you how Canon's SELPHY can make great souvenirs for those important occasions
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, Asia Pacific Jeremy Jacobs
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Zoom in on the latest news in snapshots, shutterbugs and gadgets in the beautiful world of photography
50 Shooting Spaces Great tips on how to make your interior shots look straight out of a Home & Decor magazine
92 Designing Woman goes step-by-step on how to create your own business brochures
Operations Director, Asia Pacific Andrew Grace
98 pixel perfect talks about the pixel's role in photos
58 Chasing Waterfalls Make your waterfall picture the dreamy one with our easy to follow tips
Experience
10 Camera Envy introduces the most coveted camera of the moment – oh yes, the Canon EOS 60D 14 Cats Of THe World shows off the sweetest kitty cats that everyone loves
Emulate 20 Crafting the Race rides the Tour De France with celebrity photographer Russel Wong
60 The Art of Composition and how to create beautiful imagery. 68 Catching Fireworks! First water, now fire. How to snap brilliant light displays
102 For the love of coffee shares a cuppa with photographer Raymond Lee
70 Make a stand and learn how to use your tripod proper
110 SO SASHIMI gets fresh at the famous Tsukiji Market
28 Head Space gets up close with the lovely face of EOS, Lauryn Ishak
Engage
114 The Shooting Journey features an exciting photo safari with Canon's trainer, Jino Lee
Empower
73 Picture Perfect takes you to the world's most breathtaking destinations
Regulars
82 What's the Format you should be taking your photos in?
124 shoot & tell We eyeball our readers’ pictures and give our two cents worth
84 Raw Strength goes into detail about the pros of shooting in RAW format
127 Submit your pictures to our Contest and win great Canon prizes
Colour Special
36 + 42 The Power of Colour & introduction to white balance teaches you how to make pictures pop and how white balance can perfect your colour photographs 2 PhotoYou
Production Controller Lim Ling Ling Senior Account Manager Stephanie Tok stephanie@photoyoumag.com
Published quarterly by Reader’s Digest Asia Pte. Ltd. for Canon Singapore Pte Ltd, Company Number:200607506M © 2009/10 Reader’s Digest Asia Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner in whole or part in English or other languages prohibited. Protection secured under the International and PanAmerican copyright conventions. Reader’s Digest, The Digest and the Pegasus logo are registered trademarks of The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. All PhotoYou logos are trademarks of Reader's Digest Association, Inc. used under licence. All rights reserved. Printed by Times Printers Pte Ltd, 16 Tuas Ave. 5, Singapore 639340. Singapore MICA (P) 204/01/2010. Malaysia KDN PPS-1764/04/2011(028565). Registered Representative: Patricia Hespanha. Address: 10 Eunos Road 8, #12-03, Singapore Post Centre, Singapore 408600. Autumn 2010 3
36 74
28
114 14
PhotoYou 92
President, Asia Pacific/latin america Patricia Hespanha Editor Dora Cheok Design Director David Ross
Meet the Team! Managing Editor Valerie Wee valerie@photoyoumag.com art director Melanie Tu melanie@photoyoumag.com
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Contents
Proofreader Natalie Thompson Shawn Pang
Our Sales People PUBLISHER & MANAGING DIRECTOR Christopher Axberg
PhotoYou — Autumn 2010
Group Advertising Director, Asia Gwen Loong gwen@photoyoumag.com
News
Circulation Marketing Director Sharon Low
4
Reader’s letters We get the experts to answer all your photo related questions
48 Watch out, DSLR! Learn to avoid the nasty things that ruin your precious camera
88 A Gift of good times shows you how Canon's SELPHY can make great souvenirs for those important occasions
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, Asia Pacific Jeremy Jacobs
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Zoom in on the latest news in snapshots, shutterbugs and gadgets in the beautiful world of photography
50 Shooting Spaces Great tips on how to make your interior shots look straight out of a Home & Decor magazine
92 Designing Woman goes step-by-step on how to create your own business brochures
Operations Director, Asia Pacific Andrew Grace
98 pixel perfect talks about the pixel's role in photos
58 Chasing Waterfalls Make your waterfall picture the dreamy one with our easy to follow tips
Experience
10 Camera Envy introduces the most coveted camera of the moment – oh yes, the Canon EOS 60D 14 Cats Of THe World shows off the sweetest kitty cats that everyone loves
Emulate 20 Crafting the Race rides the Tour De France with celebrity photographer Russel Wong
60 The Art of Composition and how to create beautiful imagery. 68 Catching Fireworks! First water, now fire. How to snap brilliant light displays
102 For the love of coffee shares a cuppa with photographer Raymond Lee
70 Make a stand and learn how to use your tripod proper
110 SO SASHIMI gets fresh at the famous Tsukiji Market
28 Head Space gets up close with the lovely face of EOS, Lauryn Ishak
Engage
114 The Shooting Journey features an exciting photo safari with Canon's trainer, Jino Lee
Empower
73 Picture Perfect takes you to the world's most breathtaking destinations
Regulars
82 What's the Format you should be taking your photos in?
124 shoot & tell We eyeball our readers’ pictures and give our two cents worth
84 Raw Strength goes into detail about the pros of shooting in RAW format
127 Submit your pictures to our Contest and win great Canon prizes
Colour Special
36 + 42 The Power of Colour & introduction to white balance teaches you how to make pictures pop and how white balance can perfect your colour photographs 2 PhotoYou
Production Controller Lim Ling Ling Senior Account Manager Stephanie Tok stephanie@photoyoumag.com
Published quarterly by Reader’s Digest Asia Pte. Ltd. for Canon Singapore Pte Ltd, Company Number:200607506M © 2009/10 Reader’s Digest Asia Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner in whole or part in English or other languages prohibited. Protection secured under the International and PanAmerican copyright conventions. Reader’s Digest, The Digest and the Pegasus logo are registered trademarks of The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. All PhotoYou logos are trademarks of Reader's Digest Association, Inc. used under licence. All rights reserved. Printed by Times Printers Pte Ltd, 16 Tuas Ave. 5, Singapore 639340. Singapore MICA (P) 204/01/2010. Malaysia KDN PPS-1764/04/2011(028565). Registered Representative: Patricia Hespanha. Address: 10 Eunos Road 8, #12-03, Singapore Post Centre, Singapore 408600. Autumn 2010 3
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The Power of Colour Colour is an important element of what makes a good picture. A strong grasp of composition and tones will help you get that power shot words and photos Lewis Kemper of Lewis Kemper Photography
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earning how to use colour to compose an image is as important as learning compositional rules and controlling exposure to get a successful picture. While just solely having good colours will not make a successful image, the art of integrating colour, line and form together can take an ordinary image and make it extraordinary! In order to control colour, you need to understand colour. We are going to start with a basic colour wheel and explore the relationship between colours. In the colour wheel shown on the next page, you’ll see the warm colours are at the top and the cool colours are at the bottom. Notice too that opposite every warm is its cool opposite. In this article we are going to concentrate on colour interaction. Specifically we are going to be working on the relationship between warm and cool colours. Autumn 2010 37
empower
The Power of Colour Colour is an important element of what makes a good picture. A strong grasp of composition and tones will help you get that power shot words and photos Lewis Kemper of Lewis Kemper Photography
L
earning how to use colour to compose an image is as important as learning compositional rules and controlling exposure to get a successful picture. While just solely having good colours will not make a successful image, the art of integrating colour, line and form together can take an ordinary image and make it extraordinary! In order to control colour, you need to understand colour. We are going to start with a basic colour wheel and explore the relationship between colours. In the colour wheel shown on the next page, you’ll see the warm colours are at the top and the cool colours are at the bottom. Notice too that opposite every warm is its cool opposite. In this article we are going to concentrate on colour interaction. Specifically we are going to be working on the relationship between warm and cool colours. Autumn 2010 37
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The Power of Colour Colours and Accents If you have an image that is predominately warm in colour with an accent of cool, your eyes will be quickly drawn towards the cool tone. And vice versa; if you have an image with predominately cool shades and a warm accent, the eye will be pulled towards the warm. The images below are concentrated on working with these relationships by shooting images that have predominantly warm or cool tones, and then adding an accent of the opposite tone.
Colour Wheel
Warm with a Cool Accent
This refers to pictures that are made up mostly of warm tones with an accent of cool. The accent should take up no more than 20 percent of the image.
Red-Green While photographing the autumn colours of this blueberry patch in Iceland, I noticed this lone pine tree growing amongst the warm leaves of the blueberry bushes. Right away, I knew this would not only make a good shot with a cool accent, but that it would also become a pretty holiday picture. The contrast of the green pine tree against the orange and red leaves really makes the image look vivid and three-dimensional. settings
Orange-Blue This was taken in Death Valley in the United States. The sun was setting and I turned around to see what was being lit by the sun. The warm cliffs were reflected in the water and the blue light appeared from the shadow on the salt flat. I zoomed in to eliminate the scale and focus on the colour relationship. The diagonal line of the blue light on the salt pan then became the focal point in the image. 38 PhotoYou
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tip upshot Next time you are out taking photos, start visualising and be aware of these colour relationships and how you can use them to give greater impact to your images. Because colour makes the world fun and diverse. Autumn 2010 39
empower
The Power of Colour Colours and Accents If you have an image that is predominately warm in colour with an accent of cool, your eyes will be quickly drawn towards the cool tone. And vice versa; if you have an image with predominately cool shades and a warm accent, the eye will be pulled towards the warm. The images below are concentrated on working with these relationships by shooting images that have predominantly warm or cool tones, and then adding an accent of the opposite tone.
Colour Wheel
Warm with a Cool Accent
This refers to pictures that are made up mostly of warm tones with an accent of cool. The accent should take up no more than 20 percent of the image.
Red-Green While photographing the autumn colours of this blueberry patch in Iceland, I noticed this lone pine tree growing amongst the warm leaves of the blueberry bushes. Right away, I knew this would not only make a good shot with a cool accent, but that it would also become a pretty holiday picture. The contrast of the green pine tree against the orange and red leaves really makes the image look vivid and three-dimensional. settings
Orange-Blue This was taken in Death Valley in the United States. The sun was setting and I turned around to see what was being lit by the sun. The warm cliffs were reflected in the water and the blue light appeared from the shadow on the salt flat. I zoomed in to eliminate the scale and focus on the colour relationship. The diagonal line of the blue light on the salt pan then became the focal point in the image. 38 PhotoYou
ISO 200
settings
ISO 100
•
f/ 25
•
t 1/5sec
•
f/ 22
•
t 1/10sec
tip upshot Next time you are out taking photos, start visualising and be aware of these colour relationships and how you can use them to give greater impact to your images. Because colour makes the world fun and diverse. Autumn 2010 39
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The Power of Colour
Cool with a Warm Accent
Pictures can also have cool tones and an accent of warm. Again, the accent should be no more than 20 percent of the image.
Blue-Yellow Every February for approximately two weeks, the setting sun lights up Horse Tail Fall in California’s Yosemite National Park in the most surreal way. When the conditions are right, the sky behind and the shadow area on El Capitan turn a greyish blue, and the waterfall catching the light of the setting sun glimmers gold, creating one of nature’s most spectacular ‘cool with a warm accent images’. settings
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Green/Blue-Magenta It was a crystal-clear spring day in Northern California as I was photographing in an area called Table Mountain. Most of the colours around were shades of green and blue. As I continued down the trail I came across a patch of magenta owl clover flowers. The startling contrast of purple against a sea of greens and blues made these little flowers pop and instantly become the star of this image. Since they are in the foreground, the viewer’s eye is immediately drawn to the lower left of the image and then gets pulled towards the tree in the background, thus taking the viewer on a journey through the entire image. settings
ISO 200
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The Power of Colour
Cool with a Warm Accent
Pictures can also have cool tones and an accent of warm. Again, the accent should be no more than 20 percent of the image.
Blue-Yellow Every February for approximately two weeks, the setting sun lights up Horse Tail Fall in California’s Yosemite National Park in the most surreal way. When the conditions are right, the sky behind and the shadow area on El Capitan turn a greyish blue, and the waterfall catching the light of the setting sun glimmers gold, creating one of nature’s most spectacular ‘cool with a warm accent images’. settings
ISO 100
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f/ 10
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t 1/30sec
Green/Blue-Magenta It was a crystal-clear spring day in Northern California as I was photographing in an area called Table Mountain. Most of the colours around were shades of green and blue. As I continued down the trail I came across a patch of magenta owl clover flowers. The startling contrast of purple against a sea of greens and blues made these little flowers pop and instantly become the star of this image. Since they are in the foreground, the viewer’s eye is immediately drawn to the lower left of the image and then gets pulled towards the tree in the background, thus taking the viewer on a journey through the entire image. settings
ISO 200
40 PhotoYou
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f/ 16
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t 1/80sec
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