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How to shoot SOCIALLY-DISTANCED PORTRAITS • LEARN HOW TO SHOOT WITHIN THE LAW’S LIMITATIONS AND TO KEEP YOURSELF AND SUBJECTS SAFE. CAROLINE SCHMIDT RUNS THROUGH THE DO’S, DON’TS AND MUST-HAVES FOR CREATING BEAUTIFUL SOCIALLY-DISTANCED PORTRAITS
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COLOURFUL ABSTRACTION • FOR THIS MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY TECHNIQUE, WE COMBINE REFRACTION AND WATER TO CREATE VISUALLY EXCITING IMAGES OF COLOURING PENCILS. JAMES ABBOTT SHOWS YOU A QUICK AND EASY METHOD THAT PROVIDES IMPRESSIVE RESULTS EVERY TIME…
PROBLEMS TO AVOID
IT’S A HIT! • HOW TO CAPTURE AN ACTION SHOT LIKE NEVER BEFORE WITH THIS IMPACTFUL IN-CAMERA TECHNIQUE
HIGHER GROUND • CAPTURE DETAIL-RICH TOP-DOWN DRONE IMAGES THAT LOOK AS IF THEY WERE TAKEN AT A HIGHER ALTITUDE THAN IS LEGALLY ALLOWED. PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES ABBOTT SHOWS YOU HOW TO CREATE AERIAL PANORAMIC IMAGES THAT CAPTURE MORE THAN IS NORMALLY POSSIBLE
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How to create your drone panoramic • JAMES ABBOTT OUTLINES THE PROCESS FOR EXPANDING YOUR DRONE’S FIELD-OF-VIEW USING ADOBE SOFTWARE
Make a personality portrait • WHETHER IT’S WACKY, SERIOUS OR SHOWS THE FACETS OF A FACE, A MONTAGE IS A GREAT STORYTELLING TOOL. CAROLINE SCHMIDT GUIDES YOU THROUGH
Removing dust bunnies • CAROLINE SCHMIDT SHARES AN EFFECTIVE PROCESS FOR REMOVING SENSOR DUST FROM YOUR IMAGES QUICKLY AND EASILY USING AFFINITY PHOTO
DIGITAL SLR PHOTOGRAPHY NEEDS YOU! • IF YOU WOULD YOU LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE YOUR IMAGES IN DIGITAL SLR PHOTOGRAPHY, OR TAKE PART IN ONE OF OUR READER ARTICLES, THEN NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO GET INVOLVED!
A TO Z OF PHOTOGR APHY • EVER GET MIXED UP ON THE MEANING OF DIFFRACTION AND DISTORTION, OR UNSURE WHAT TERMS LIKE DYNAMIC RANGE AND DIOPTRES RELATE TO? THE WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHY IS RIFE WITH ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND TECHNICALITIES THAT CAN MAKE UNDERSTANDING ALL ITS TERMS DIFFICULT AT BEST. OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, IN OUR NEW SERIES, WE’LL BE BUSTING THE JARGON FOR ALL THE MOST COMMON TERMS IN OUR PHOTOGRAPHY DICTIONARY. THIS MONTH WE COVER D-F
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Ross Hoddinott
Summer • AS WE SLOWLY EMERGE FROM LOCKDOWN, WE CAN ONCE AGAIN LEGITIMATELY, BUT RESPONSIBLY, TRAVEL IN ORDER TO EXERCISE, WALK AND EVEN SUNBATHE AND SWIM. THERE IS NO REASON WHY YOUR CAMERA CAN’T ACCOMPANY YOU WHEN YOU VENTURE OUTSIDE. SUMMERTIME PROVIDES ENDLESS PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHERS TO ENJOY SO WE ASKED ROSS HODDINOTT TO OFFER 15 OF HIS FAVOURITE PHOTO GEMS TO INSPIRE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY THIS SUMMER…
“You’re in the middle of nowhere for most of a day and with no shelter from the elements, so you have to be prepared for anything” • SEABIRDS, SOLITUDE AND SEVERAL SPECIES OF PENGUIN ARE WHAT ATTRACT PHOTOGRAPHERS TO THIS AMAZING ARCHIPELAGO. AWARD-WINNING WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER TRACEY LUND SHARES HER MANY WINS, MISTAKES AND MAGICAL MOMENTS IN HER...