Home portraits

Whether you’re isolating with friends, family, a pet, or by yourself, you can get great photos

11 Shoot a close-up of an eye

Attach your macro lens to your Canon camera, or use a reversing ring to mount a lens like a 50mm backwards for a budget way of shooting macro (these adapters cost just a few pounds). Then put your camera into Aperture Priority mode and use a wide aperture, such as f/2.8, and set the ISO to 400. You’ll want to be set up near a bright window to get lots of light coming in and also set the focus to its maximum 1:1 reproduction ratio setting. It’s really handy to have a flip out LCD screen, like on Canon’s EOS 6D Mark II, as you can then use Live View and move closer (or further) until you’re pin-sharp and take the shot.

12 Take fun pet portraits

If you’re self-isolating with pets you can take some creative animal portraits. They’re loads of fun and can be done indoors or in the garden. To encourage pets hold a treat or a toy in one hand near the camera to get them looking in the right direction. When it comes to settings, go into Aperture Priority mode and open the aperture all the way up. Then tweak the ISO until you get a shutter speed of 1/500 sec or faster to freeze the action.

13 Take family photos with Wi-fi

Have you ever noticed how – because you’re the one with the camera – you end up not being in family group photos? Luckily, many of Canon’s latest cameras have Wi-fi that allows you to connect to a smartphone so you can see what the camera sees, and take family photos with ease.