Personal Style. Picture Style

Personal Style. Picture Style



Amongst all the features, Picture Style is a proprietary function which is uniquely Canon. There are 13 kinds of Picture Styles built in. However, users are allowed to create their own picture styles with the help of Picture Style Editor. You can even download other individuals' Picture Styles from the internet, and share yours with others. At this time,?Kevin Wang from Taiwan is notable for his creation of his Picture Styles.

Picture Styles can be seen as a value-added feature of Canon's DSLR cameras. How would Kevin comment on the 13 factory built Picture Styles? "I have tried the original Picture Styles. They are great tools for both beginners and professionals alike. But, in search for more specialization, I?designed various Picture Styles of my own. I did that to up-lift the additional value of my camera," he says.



Up till now, Kevin Wang has developed 12 types of Picture Styles. They include 300-the-movie Style, IR-filtered Style, HDR Style, HK-movie Style, Japanese Style, Yamato Style, Battle-field Style, Oil-painting Style, Skin-texture-optimized Style, Comic-portrait Style, Romantic Style, Elegant Style (the effect of negative development and processing). Kevin shared his Japanese Style, Yamato Style and Romantic Style with members of Club Canon. What aspired Wang to develop such personalized Picture Styles? He answers, "I like to take photos with special feelings. Before there were Picture Styles, I spent a lot of time in post production. Software adjustments were applied to each of my photos. Then I studied Picture Style Editor for quite some time. With this software I can build my own Picture Style files and use them during shooting. In this way I can get the special feelings I want right away, skipping previous post production."







The names of the three Picture Styles might suggest that they are similar. They are not. Each of them has its own purpose and aim, and they interpret a subject in very different ways. "Japanese Picture Style was designed basing on the Japanese photographic style which was once very popular in Taiwan. But I wanted my own kind of Japanese Style, I wanted that mood and feeling clearly anchored into a style. In fact, my Japanese Picture Style is comfortable and clean in it's color rendition. It is different from Yamato Picture Style in that it has richer colors and it emphasize the details in low-key areas. Because it feels comfortable with it's colors, it is very suitable for portrait photography. On the other hand, Yamato Picture Style has some softening effects atop basic Japanese Picture Style. It is soft, comfortable, light and casual in its colors. So it is great for simplistic compositions. Match it with large aperture lens and the result will just be beautiful. Last but not least, Romantic Style aims at a dreamy expression of colors, to the extent that the photo will become poetic. Its physical parameters were set-up according to the covers of love story fictions. I wanted to just press the shutter release and get the result like that of the cover of a love story fiction. The 3 Picture Styles have one thing in common. They take dreamy but detailed images. But, in different situation, they perform differently. That's why they are 3 Picture Styles, not 1. "

Kevin Wang offered free download of the 3 Picture Styles to Club Canon members. He also made his suggestions to those who prepared to create their own Picture Styles: "Beginners have to train up their understanding of color temperature first. They also have to be very sensitive to minor color changes. That said, a skillful person can easily create the feeling he prefers in the Picture Style he creates."

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