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SAMYANG ANNOUNCES 85MM F/1.4 FOR SONY E-MOUNT

New full-frame optic is less than half the price of its Sony equivalent

XPOSURE

THE WEEK'S MOST INSPIRING READER PHOTOS

NASA CELEBRATES ITS SHOOTING STARS BEHIND THE CAMERA

Space agency announces its Photographer of the Year winners

THE NEED FOR SPEED

Pro motorsports photographer Rob Gray passes on his tips for capturing dramatic shots of high-speed racing bikes

Phase One XT camera gets new tilt lens

The XT-Rodenstock 40mm Tilt lens is landscape-ready

Canon launches two full-frame RF mount lenses

The new close-focusing RF 24mm f/1.8 Macro and RF 15-30mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM lenses are compact and relatively affordable

NIKON UNVEILS THE Z 30

Nikon’s latest Z-series camera is pitched firmly at vloggers and content creators

The surreal deal

Marcus Hennen breaks rules and bends minds with surreal composites that look both wrong and right at the same time

Tea time

Nikon Ambassador Marie Bärsch swaps fashion photography for a documentary project exploring female empowerment

Canon RF 16mm F/2.8 STM

This diminutive prime has become a staple RF lens for pros and enthusiasts

Alex Dawson

As one of the world’s most experienced underwater photographers, Alex Dawson is renowned for his spectacular sea wreck images. He tells Keith Wilson how he first learned to snorkel, and why he prefers diving in mineshafts to the Maldives…

Sony FE 24-70mm F/2.8 GM II

Sony’s newest trinity zoom has all the features for pro photo and video shooters

Sony Xperia 1 IV smartphone

World-first camera phone zoom technology and 120fps video capture means the Sony Xperia 1 IV makes history, but Basil Kronfli asks, is the price too high?

CAROL HIGHSMITH'S AMERICA

After spending her life on the road, Carol Highsmith has set about creating a legacy for the ages

Three steps to profitability

Craig Alexander explains how to beat your competition and generate high volumes of print sales with just a little market research

Sans sunsets

Mother Nature doesn’t always go the way you want, but Tom shows how you can make the most of the conditions you have

Music to my eyes

The festival season is here! Adam Waring captures the sights and sounds of a weekend musical extravaganza

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

We visited commercial photographer John Need to learn about offering a professional experience, maintaining relationships with clients and delivering the goods

Wish you were here

Mike Harris shows you how to transforms your holiday photographs into postcards using Photoshop CC

Achieve true colours

Use a custom white balance when taking photos to optimise the colour temperature in your images

Ready for my close-up

Mike Harris shares a few tips and tricks that will help you focus on close-up subjects with pinpoint precision

How to be a kleptomaniac

Everything you see, hear, taste and feel is an opportunity to ‘steal’ – to gather inspiration for the images you create

Top 20 tips for...Vacation vibes

Benedict Brain explores fresh ways to make meaningful photographs that capture an authentic sense of place while you’re away on your hols

Enhance colour like a pro

Take more control using the Selective Color Adjustment Layer

Traffic lights

Shoot and edit dazzling creative cityscape images with perfectly placed traffic light trails

Shoal business

Underwater pro Alex Mustard treats our apprentice to a photo deep dive in the Red Sea

FROM PHOTOGRAPHY TO VIDEOGRAPHY

Use your content creation skills and cinematic techniques to make the move from stills photography to videography

ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITS

Learn to make tricky lighting, colour and backgrounds work and capture dramatic environmental portraits in any location

Get started with drones

Drones have revolutionised image making but many ground-based photographers are still unsure about taking their first steps, or the legal aspects. Chris Gorman, aka The Big Ladder Photographer, is here to help