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CONTRIBUTING TO EOS MAGAZINE

CURRENT REQUIREMENTS





Because EOS magazine is quarterly (one issue per three months), we typically work six-nine months ahead. Occasionally articles have a seasonal theme, or are time-sensitive, so bear this in mind when suggesting article topics. If your technique is autumnal, then it’s best to submit the idea in January/February.

Occasionally, however, we have more urgent requirements. These tend to be shorter in timescale.


GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

EOS Project

Have you been working on a particular project that’s both unique and specialised? Every issue we feature a six-page project by a Canon EOS photographer. Your project should include a variety of images, but should all be connectedby the central theme.

Contact angela@eos-magazine.com with a short overview of your project.

Flash techniques

We need good images which show techniques possible with Speedlite flashguns. Here are just a few ideas:

• pictures taken with flash off-camera using the Off-Camera Shoe Cord, eitherto eliminatered-eye or to improve the lighting of the subject. Pictures can show how the lighting changes depending on the position of the Speedlite (left, right or centre). Remember to take pictures using the Speedlite on-camera for comparison purposes.

• pictures taken with the flash on-camera, but using the tilt and/or swivel facility of the flash head to soften the illumination by bouncing the light from a ceiling or wall. Series of pictures showing the different lighting effects produced by bouncing the light from a ceiling and a wall to the left and to the right of the subject.

• pictures taken with different focal length lenses to illustrate the autozoom head feature.

• comparison pictures which show the advantage of using flash exposure lock (FEL), flash exposure compensation (FEC) and flash exposure bracketing (FEB) with different types of subject.

• pictures showing the effect of auto flash reduction

• pictures taken using the Canon wireless flash system

• pictures taken using the built-in flash, especially those which show techniques which make best use of this feature.

Other techniques

Here are some subjects and techniques we may cover in future issues of EOS magazine, especially if we receive strong images to illustrate them.

• close-up lenses

• extension tubes

• use of ambient light/flash ratio

• high-speed flash

• night photography

• macro lenses

• manual metering

• self-timer

• Macro Ring Lites

• Auto Exposure Bracketing

• exposure compensation

• bulb exposures

Unusual subjects

We want to hear from photographers who have tackled unusual subjects or use a specialist technique (photomicrography, for example, or infrared imaging).

Most contributors either shoot specifically for the EOS magazine photo library or take extra pictures when shooting their usual photographs. It is also worth keeping in mind that images showing faults and mistakes are also useful for illustrating what can go wrong, or what not to do.