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SONY FX3 EXPANDS SONY’S CINEMA LINE

The FX3 looks like an Alpha but has the tech of Sony’s Cinema line cameras

Wex Photo Video to open a 10th UK store soon

Specialist retailer is optimistic about industry growth in 2021 and beyond

New Sigma 28-70mm f/2.8 lens

This Contemporary standard zoom has a more lightweight design

Wildlife photo book series set to break £1 million in donations

Remembering Wildlife series launches new crowdfunder

In other news

More snippets of photography news from around the world

STORY BEHIND THE STILL

Dark city Melanie stitched five vertically shot

SØREN SOLKÆR

Søren Solkær is best known for shooting stars, but for his latest project, he’s turned his attention to starlings. We caught up with him to discuss his work

A shoot that was supposed to be half an hour was cut down to one minute

Capture character Søren particularly likes his images of

The Gallery

Some of our favourite images from the online community

Colour Masterclass

Understand how hue, saturation, white balance and more work together in your shots

Introduction to colour harmony

Understand the basics of colour interactions and relationships to plan your colour themes better

Colour through the day: part one

Work with intense warm light when the sun is low in the sky

Colour through the day: part two

Manage strong, flat light for correct colour balance and saturation

Colour Q&A

Understand common misconceptions, and avoid key colour management mistakes

Edit your shots for energy

Adjust the colour in your images to achieve impactful yet natural results

Control complex colour palettes

In snowy landscape scenes, targeted adjustments are needed to capture natural colours

5 things you need to know

Some key aspects of colour control you need to be aware of for the best colour management

Natural family portraits

Four pros share the importance of documenting real life and applying photojournalism to family photography

PHOTOGRAPHER: Emma Collins

Emma explains how embracing the messy aspects of family life creates the most authentic images

PHOTOGRAPHER: Antonina Mamzenko

Antonina captures the chaos and the powerful connection between parents and their children

PHOTOGRAPHER: Alice Chapman

Champion individuality for empowering images

PHOTOGRAPHER: Diana Hagues

On finding magic moments even in the mundane

FRAME within a FRAME

Claire Gillo shares with you how to shoot and edit a frame within a frame, within a frame, within a frame, within a frame…

Capture distraction-free cityscape scenes

Remove tourists and moving vehicles from your cityscape images with these simple techniques

CREATE ABSTRACT ART

Use a budget polarising filter to create stunning abstract shots with a computer screen and cutlery

Know your drone

Do you need to register? Get a licence? The rules of flying drones keep changing, but we’re here to help

Create more dramatic shots

Transform images into moody and cinematic scenes in Photoshop

How to take and retouch fog photography at night

Enhance your nighttime fog shots in Lightroom

PRINT A PHOTO CALENDAR

Whether you want a gift or to print bulk orders to sell, here are five of the best options

THE 6-WEEK TRAVEL CHALLENGE

Ready to capture the world again? Kav Dadfar gives you six exercises to hone your travel photography skills closer to home before you go

The statue challenge

Learn how to be patient

The people challenge

Improve your confidence when shooting strangers

The telephoto challenge

Zoom in to focus on the most interesting elements

3-picture challenge

Create a narrative

Random word challenge

Shoot items or ideas

The editing challenge

Process your images to get them looking their best

Career advice

Claire Gillo chats to an SEO expert and shares her thoughts on the best website builders

How do I get my website to be seen?

Claire Gillo speaks to SEO expert Dan Hinton from Pixelfish for his top tips for getting your website noticed

WHY SHOTS WORK

By giving his subjects some helpful but simple

THE BEST OF DRAMATIC WEATHER

The winners of our latest contest with Photocrowd have been revealed

LARGE-FORMAT PHOTO PRINTERS

We put leading models to the test to help you create more impressive prints

Canon PIXMA PRO-200

A new A3+ dye -based photo printer to replace the excellent PRO-100S

Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-300

Canon takes A3+ photo printing to a new level with its latest imagePROGRAF printer

Epson SureColor SC-P900

Supersize your prints with Epson’s latest and surprisingly compact A2 printer

Epson Expression Photo XP-970

Go large without piling on the pounds, thanks to Epson’s ‘small-in-one’ printer

Sony A7C

A small, full-frame camera with great focusing – could this be the camera we’ve been longing for?

DJI Mini 2

DJI’s Mini 2 has got drone pilots excited. Angela Nicholson takes a look at what all the fuss is about

Syrp Genie Micro

Lauren Scott tests out this camera controller. It’s very handy, but is it worth the money?

Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

As the lens that will arguably define the Canon R system, this pro zoom has big shoes to fill

Nikon Z 50mm f/1.2 S

Nikon extends the versatility of its Z system, but is it worth the expense?

ACCESSORIES

A collection of ten fun-yet-functional products out there for photographers

ON THE ROAD

Benedict Brain considers the art of travel photography