PhotoPlus : The Canon Magazine

GRITTY CITY STREET SHOTS

APPRENTICE

NAME:

KEVIN MOULDS

CAMERA:

CANON EOS 5D MK III

KEVIN IS based in Glasgow and works in insurance. He’s an accomplished wedding photographer, comfortable shooting big crowds and in high pressure situations, but would love to learn more about how to take better street shots. He turns to street photography to unwind and gets out and about with his camera to take urban shots after work and on his lunch breaks. He’d like to know how to take better city photos so we’ve paired him up with city slicker Adam Bulley.

CANON PRO

NAME:

ADAM BULLEY

 CAMERA:

CANON EOS 5DS R & EOS R5

ADAM IS a professional landscape and street photographer based in Edinburgh, Scotland where he runs photography tours. He’s always wanted to photograph more of Glasgow so he leapt at the idea, and in the run-up to our shoot, he went on multiple recces to Glasgow. We met up with him and Adam to learn to shoot the city in the beautiful golden hour at sunset and watch the city transform from day to night in the magical blue hour. www.adambulleyphotography.com

TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

Switch to Manual as light levels lowered

APERTURE PRIORITY MODE

  a wedding photographer with plenty of experience shooting in Manual mode. To begin with Adam suggested he shoot in Aperture priority (Av) mode in the daytime and move into Manual later when the light levels drop. Adam also suggested Kevin should shoot with a middle aperture, around f/8 on his 24-70mm lens so that more of the street scene would be in sharp

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