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Welcome to the July 2009 CPN Newsletter. This month CPN launches the first part of its technical tools series, a Canon depth-of-field calculator. We also reveal the pick of the photographs in the second edition of Editor's Choice; plus award-winning photojournalist Magnus Wennman features in an exclusive CPN interview. There's also plenty more to watch, read and enjoy on the Canon Professional Network site...


Technical: Canon depth-of-field calculator

Technical: Canon depth-of-field calculator

This tool allows you to input your camera, aperture, focal length and focus distance, and get an almost instant calculation for your required near and far limits of focus, total depth of field and hyperfocal distance.
Image: © David Newton

Editor's Choice: Magdalena Herrera's final cut

Editor's Choice: Magdalena Herrera's final cut

CPN's Editor's Choice guest editor Magdalena Herrera, GEO France's director of photography, has selected her favourite images from over 4,400 submitted. The best images chosen by Magdalena Herrera are showcased in a special multimedia presentation on CPN.


News: CPN magazine issue 3 distributed

News: CPN magazine issue 3 distributed

Issue 3 of CPN magazine is now being distributed. Published in the five main European languages this issue goes behind the scenes with three photographers who shoot major fashion shows, and features interviews with Canon Ambassador Lorenzo Agius and award-winning photojournalist Benoit Aquin.

Behind the lens: Magnus Wennman

Behind the lens: Magnus Wennman

CPN talks to Swedish photojournalist Magnus Wennman about following the Obama election trail, America's weird and wonderful beauty pageants, and how underexposing images have given his pictures a unique style.
Image: © Magnus Wennman


How did you do that? Lorenzo Agius

How did you do that? Lorenzo Agius

In CPN's new series on how great photographs were taken Canon Ambassador Lorenzo Agius explains how he shot a portrait of actress Kate Winslet with a combination of inventive lighting and hand holding his EOS-1Ds Mark III fitted with the EF24-70mm f/2.8L USM zoom.
Image: © Lorenzo Agius

In focus: How to become a commercial photographer

In focus: How to become a commercial photographer

Three experts from Germany - a university professor, an advertising agency's head art buyer and a young commercial photographer - give their invaluable advice about how to make it in this highly competitive field of photography.
Image: © Oliver Doebler