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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

Better backgrounds, better images

In his latest column for AP, nature photographer Marsel van Oosten reveals why you must always strive for the best backgrounds in your pictures

Now for something completely different

Peter Dench talks to Alnis Stakle, winner in the creative category at the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards

Making the big decision

Professional photographer Denise Maxwell weighs up the pros and cons of switching from her trusty Canon DSLRs to the mirrorless EOS R5

Tamron ultra telephoto for Sony E full-framers

TAMRON has announced it is developing the 50-400mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD, an ultra-telephoto zoom lens for full-frame Sony E-mount cameras.

Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 9mm F1.7 ASPH

Amy Davies finds out whether this wideangle lens for Micro Four Thirds is a wise investment for stills photographers, as well as videographers

Tony Kemplen on the … Chinon Bellami

Snaffled for £3 at a charity shop, this 1980 model uses barn doors to protect the lens

Smaller and lighter Samyang 85mm F1.4

Available now, the Samyang AF 85mm F1.4 FE II prime costs  £767

Muse littleyouth

A muse, some odd lenses and the influence of Julia Margaret Cameron are what drive film photographer Colin Watkins, he tells Damien Demolder

Final Analysis

Damien Demolder considers... ‘Swimming Pool designed by Alain Capeillères, Le Brusc, South of France, 1976’, by Martine Franck

CREATIVE COMPOSITES

Blending image components is an art form. Learn the skills needed to light, shoot and edit composite images to control colour and detail

FIELD MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES

Discover the fascinating world of macro photography and learn how to capture images of bugs, insects, plants and fungi in the wild

DJI LAUNCHES TWO NEW GIMBALS

The DJI RS 3 and RS 3 Pro gimbals could revolutionise the way you shoot video

CAPTURE HARSH LIGHT LANDSCAPES

Learn to master metering, exposure and composition in strong sunlight

PREMJITH NARAYANAN

To satisfy his need for speed, petrolhead Premjith has never missed a Formula 1 race at the Bahrain circuit

TOP FIVE TIPS FOR GOING VIRAL

A social media presence is now a must for aspiring professional photographers, Claire Gillo shares her advice on getting noticed