PEDIGREE PHOTOGRAPHY
CANON PRO
NAME:
LAURA GALBRAITH
CAMERA:
CANON EOS R5
LAURA WAS a teacher of IT and Mathematics, but two years ago decided to pursue her passion and become a full-time photographer. She now runs a successful pet photography and workshop business. She’s had 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 met up with her at her home studio to help Yvette take some top pet pictures. www.lauragalbraithphotography.co.uk
APPRENTICE
NAME:
YVETTE SMITH
CAMERA:
CANON EOS 6D Mark II
NOW RETIRED, Yvette loves nothing more than photographing animals with her Canon EOS 6D Mark II and EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens in her spare time. She’s confident photographing animals outside, but admits that studio lighting is an area she’s had trouble understanding. So we’ve arranged for her to meet up with Canon pro Laura Galbraith to photograph a handful of characterful dogs at her home studio in Burwell.
TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT
Laura offered some guidance on settings for photographing canine companions
CAMERA SETUP
LAURA SET Yvette’s Canon EOS 6D Mark II to its Manual mode so that the exposure settings could be locked in. She then set the aperture to f/8 for a decent amount of sharpness in the dog’s face, it’s also a bit more forgiving if you misfocus on the nose too. The shutter speed was set to 1/160 sec, which may sound a little slow to capture animals, but the flash will freeze them.
CHECK THE HISTOGRAM
a test
