Black+White Photography Magazine January 2013 Back Issue

This month’s issue is all about portraiture with our lead article on the work of portrait genius, Michael Birt. What we love about his work is how it’s grown and changed over the years, the sign of a truly creative photographer.
We also take a look at how black & white is surviving in the colour-focused Taylor Wessing portraiture award. Steve Pill takes a good look at this prestigious competition and picks out the best of the monochrome winners.
Still with portraiture in mind, we invited five lucky readers to join us on a workshop with Tim Clinch. Starting out in a makeshift studio, we then went on to try some on the spot shooting at a local hotel. The results speak for themselves.
Where would portraiture be without Julia Margaret Cameron? And who best to talk about her but the world expert and Founding Head of the National Media Museum, Colin Ford. In the first of a three-part series, he tells us how it all began.
Regular columnist and experienced traveller, Lee Frost sets out with portraits in mind, and gives plenty of good advice on how to get the best shots, with the minimum amount of kit, while on the move. Tracy Hallett, on the other hand, stays put in the studio and explains how to make evocative portraits using 10 simple lighting set-ups.
Finally, we look at the six best tripods for shooting portraits, plus all our regular features to inspire and guide you – and some great prizes to be won with your photography.