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Shooting The High Seas
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Shooting The High Seas

Ambrose Greenway shares his lifelong love of ships and his passion for maritime photography

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3 mins  |
November 30, 2019
Reader Portfolio
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Reader Portfolio

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

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2 mins  |
November 30, 2019
Street Photography And The Law
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Street Photography And The Law

From a legal perspective, taking pictures in the street isn’t as complicated as most photographers assume. Damien Demolder shares his tips and experience

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5 mins  |
November 30, 2019
Final Analysis
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Final Analysis

‘Tokyo Lex’ from Invisible Jumpers by Joseph Ford

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3 mins  |
November 30, 2019
Keeping Your Gear Great
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Keeping Your Gear Great

Looking after your gear can save you heartache, missed shots and pricey repairs. Angela Nicholson explains how to keep your kit in top condition

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6 mins  |
November 30, 2019
It's Good To Share
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It's Good To Share

The best pictures on social media this week

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3 mins  |
November 30, 2019
Best Cameras & Lenses 2019
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Best Cameras & Lenses 2019

Fancy a brand-new camera or lens for Christmas? Here’s our pick of the best that we’ve used and reviewed over the past 12 months

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10+ mins  |
November 30, 2019
Behind The Print
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Behind The Print

Even woodland scenes shot on a drizzly day can make nice prints. Lizzie Shepherd is your guide

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4 mins  |
November 30, 2019
Moody Winter Woodlands
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Moody Winter Woodlands

Creating images full of mood and atmosphere takes a keen eye and an ability to see order in chaos, as Neil Burnell explains

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5 mins  |
November 23, 2019
Eastern Promise
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Eastern Promise

Peter Dench talks to Özge Sebzeci about her difficult yet important project, facilitated by the Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award

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3 mins  |
November 23, 2019
Underwater Gannets
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Underwater Gannets

Amy Davies finds out more about this incredible shot that garnered a Sony World Photography Award

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4 mins  |
November 23, 2019
Dora Maar
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Dora Maar

This radical surrealist broke many boundaries through her work, as Amy Davies discovers in a new retrospective

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1 min  |
November 23, 2019
Taylor Wessing - Photographic Portrait Prize 2019
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Taylor Wessing - Photographic Portrait Prize 2019

This year the annual competition celebrating portraiture showcases some spontaneous and personal moments, as Amy Davies discovers

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1 min  |
November 16, 2019
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 25mm F1.2 Pro
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Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 25mm F1.2 Pro

Andy Westlake examines a premium large aperture prime for Micro Four Thirds cameras that promises attractively blurred backgrounds

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5 mins  |
November 16, 2019
In For The Long Haul
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In For The Long Haul

Ailsa McWhinnie finds out what drives three exponents of the long-form documentary genre to revisit their subjects time and time again

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10+ mins  |
November 16, 2019
Final Analysis
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Final Analysis

Damien Demolder considers... ‘Pamplona, Spain’, 1956, by Ernst Haas

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2 mins  |
November 16, 2019
Ditch The Tripod This Winter
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Ditch The Tripod This Winter

Award-winning photographer Jason Parnell-Brookes lightens your load with his advice on handheld shooting

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5 mins  |
November 16, 2019
Samyang AF 45mm F1.8 FE
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Samyang AF 45mm F1.8 FE

Andy Westlake tries out a lovely standard prime for Sony full-frame mirrorless cameras that offers fantastic value for money

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5 mins  |
November 02, 2019
Winter Wonderland
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Winter Wonderland

Three of the UK’s top landscape photographers deliver their top tips for capturing stunning black & white winter landscapes inter wonderland.

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6 mins  |
November 09, 2019
Sergi Villanueva
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Sergi Villanueva

Claire Gillo speaks to the Student Sony World Photo Awards 2019 winner, who is from Spain, about his award and aspirations for the future

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3 mins  |
November 09, 2019
Introducing The Stereopanocam
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Introducing The Stereopanocam

Combining images from a stereo camera creates a panoramic format. John Wade tells us how this led to the invention of the stereopanocam.

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5 mins  |
November 09, 2019
Animal Instinct
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Animal Instinct

When Steve Gosling booked a safari, he didn’t have the usual in mind. He tells Ailsa McWhinnie why colour was never going to work for him

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4 mins  |
November 09, 2019
A Room Of One's Own
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A Room Of One's Own

Darkrooms are small and intimate places where creativity, quirks, and a love of DIY often reign supreme. Four photographers, and passionate printers, invite us into their sacred spaces for a nose around.

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6 mins  |
November 09, 2019
A Lasting Legacy
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A Lasting Legacy

A major new digitisation project reveals Prince Albert was an early benefactor of photography. Amy Davies heads to Windsor Castle to discover more

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3 mins  |
November 02, 2019
Fujifilm X-Pro3
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Fujifilm X-Pro3

Fujifilm’s latest rangefinder-style mirrorless model features an unusual hidden rear LCD. Andy Westlake takes a critical first look

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4 mins  |
November 02, 2019
Stock Market Cash Or Crash?
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Stock Market Cash Or Crash?

Selling stock was once a great way to earn a living, but with prices falling is it still possible to earn good money this way? We ask Matthew Horwood why he invests in the stock market

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7 mins  |
November 02, 2019
Still Life In The Studio
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Still Life In The Studio

Ian Pack uses Rotolight’s ultra portable, powerful AEOS and NEO 2 bi-colour LED lights, to shoot still life in the studio

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2 mins  |
November 02, 2019
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The 3 Magic Filters

Verity Milligan shares why you only need three filters in your kit bag and how to get great results with them

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5 mins  |
October 26, 2019
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Scanner Art

Claire Gillo reveals her creative top tips and tricks for making a digital photographic image using a flatbed scanner

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2 mins  |
October 26, 2019
Photo North 2019
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Photo North 2019

With just a few weeks to go until Photo North takes place in the beautiful market town of Harrogate, Amy Davies rounds up some festival highlights

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2 mins  |
October 26, 2019