The Canon Magazine 55
TOY STORY
04 DIAL IN THE RIGHT SETTINGS
Frame your image with a tripod and focus
on the face of your toy with One Shot AF,
then switch to MF to lock it. Make sure
you’re on a fast continuous burst, then in
Av mode set the aperture to around f/11,
ISO to 1600 or higher, until you get
a shutter speed of around 1/1000 sec.
05 INJECT ATMOSPHERE
The nozzle of the smoke machine should
be placed about six inches away from the
figure. A quick burst of smoke from our
machine was all it took to cover the
background. Then throw a pinch of small
stone granules at the figure as your take
the shot to add action.06 FINISH IT OFF IN PHOTOSHOP
Make parts of Iron Man’s suit look like
they’re glowing by painting over them with
a soft white Brush Tool, then paint a much
finer outline around each area with a blue
colour. Finally, blend the colours by going
to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur and setting
the Blur Radius to 10px and hit OK.Be sure to wear
eye protection when
throwing particles at
your figure, as these
can easily fly into
your eyes if you’re
not carefulQUICK TIP!