The longest shutter speed available on an EOS camera is 30 seconds. But sometimes that’s not enough – there are times when you need a longer shutter speed. That’s where the Bulb setting comes in.

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When I interview photographers I hardly ever ask about gear. I’m interested in the images, and the ideas behind them; not the camera used. However, if you own an EOS camera, it’s interesting, sometimes even inspirational, to see what other photographers are doing with Canon cameras. It’s also a chance to revisit some of my favourite interviews, which tend to get lost in the backlist of the blog.

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How do you share your photos? When I started in photography there weren’t many options – I created slide shows for my family and put prints in photo albums (a couple went up on the wall as well); a limited following by any standard. Fast-forward to 2012 and there is an unprecedentedly vast audience, most of it online, hungry to consume new imagery. That opens fantastic opportunities for sharing your work.

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Canon has just released a new update to Digital Photo Professional to go with the launch of the EOS 5D Mark III. The main reason for the update is that DPP now recognises files from the 5D Mark III. But Canon has also added three new features – a Digital Lens Optimiser, Compositing tool and HDR tool. Today I’m going to take a look at the first of these, the Digital Lens Optimiser, and compare its performance to a similar function in Lightroom.

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If you’ve never used Manual mode on your camera before you may wonder why anybody would use it instead of one of the automatic exposure modes. Most of the time I only use one of three exposure modes on my camera – Aperture Priority (Av), Shutter Priority (Tv) or Manual (M). In this article I’m going to explore why and explain in which situations I would use each one.

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