THE APPRENTICE
This month professional photography tutor Anthony Sinfield takes PhotoPlus Apprentice David to his favourite polytunnel in Sussex to learn to take magnificent macro photos
CANON PRO
NAME: ANTHONY SINFIELD
CAMERA: CANON EOS R6
ANTHONY is a pro photography tutor and owner of Cameracal, a company specializing in camera and lens and sensor calibration and cleaning. Anthony started his photographic career at 18 and has over 37 years of photographic experience, has worked for various retailers and became the head of photographic training at one of the UK largest photographic retailers. He now runs workshops and arranged for us to meet up at the Sussex Butterfly Gardens. facebook.com/CameracalLtd
APPRENTICE
NAME: DAVID WARRINER
CAMERA: CANON EOS 80D
DAVID has been enjoying getting to grips with macro and wanted to try some higher magnification photographs. His budget doesn’t stretch to a specialist lens, such as the Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro, so he’d love to try a set of extension tubes. He’s also crafted a DIY macro flash diffuser which kept him busy during the pandemic, although he’s keen to see the difference that professional lighting, such as a ringflash, could achieve.
DAVID’S COMMENT
I met Anthony at the Sussex Butterfly Gardens for our macro workshop as they have a heated polytunnel, home to more than 50 different species of butterflies. We set up my Tamron 90mm macro lens on my Canon EOS 80D and gave our equipment time to acclimatize inside the hot, humid tunnel. We began with some handheld shots using a mix of natural light and a boost from Anthony’s Nightcore LED. He explained I needed a shutter speed of at least 1/200 sec for sharp handheld shots. We also enabled the Image Stabilization, or Vibration Compensation (VC) as it’s called on my Tamron lens, then got in close for a few tight portraits of this fabulous Sara Longwing specimen perched on a purple flower.
HOT SHOT #1
