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“As your skills grow, never forget what made you fall in love with photography at the start”

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CANON REVEALS NEW EOS R8 AND R50

New year starts with a bang with four new products in the mirrorless RF range

Sigma launches four lenses for various mirrorless mounts

Sigma has announced four new lenses for various

Leica unveils a pair of primes for its SL system

Leica expands its SLsystem with a new compact prime combo, the Summicron-SL 35mm and 50mm f/2 ASPH

Olympus announces new OM System M.Zuiko 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS Pro lens

Can this lens really achieve 8x magnification?

In other news

More snippets of photography news from around the world

STORY BEHIND THE STILL

Photographer: Reed Miller Instagram: @rh_miller Web: RHMiller.imagekind.com

CAPTURE DELIGHTS

Kim Bunermann meets food photographer Nadja Kuschel to discover the secrets behind capturing mouth-watering shots that tell a story

SHARE PHOTOS WITH CLIENTS

Secure sharing solutions for your projects with no image quality loss

STAY ON TOP OF SEO

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Career advice

Claire Gillo offers advice to someone considering turning pro and discusses how to combine a career and a photography hobby

How do you combine your career and photo hobby?

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WHY SHOTS WORK

© Krystian Mietz UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE To capture the viewer’s

10 steps to better BLACK & WHITE

Kav Dadfar explains his favourite ways of creating impactful monochrome images in any location and lighting conditions

MASTER TELEPHOTO LENSES

Take your photography to the next level by harnessing the power of a long lens

Shoot a miniature cinematic scene

Use simple props to create mesmerising toy photography action images at home

Reduce digital noise

Learn the best camera settings for capturing scenes in low light and maximising the quality of your shots

Create a miniature tilt-shift effect

PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL

Gritty HDR style with a single shot

LIGHTROOM TUTORIAL

Apply perspective corrections

Enhance your architecture shots using the perspective tool and more

Photo CV

We profile an expert photographer’s career journey for insight on becoming established in the industry

THE NATURAL WORLD

The UK Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022, Will Davies, on the process of shooting dramatic landscapes and the role of photography in helping preserve them

Guru Shots

We joined up with online photography game GuruShots to print the winning images from the Beautiful Nights challenge

SHOT OFTHE MONTH

Photographer: Natasha Donmoyer Title: That Frog Life Location:

THE BESTOF WINTER WILDLIFE

The winners of our latest contest with Photocrowd have been revealed

Kitintro

The expert and independent reviews of gear we’ve bagged this issue

THE LONG GAME

Will Burrard-Lucas on the value of persevering with a long-term project

BUDGET TELEPHOTO ZOOMS

If you’re after serious telephoto reach on a tight budget, a classic 70-300mm zoom lens still has lots to offer

Panasonic Lumix S5 II

Price: £1,699/$2,298

Panasonic Lumix S5 II

Megapixels 24.2MP Max resolution 6000x 4000pixels Sensor

Capture One Pro 23

With its powerful image organising and editing tools, Capture One 23 is a true rival to Lightroom

Canon RF 70-200mm F4L IS USM

Peter Fenech weighs up the balance of brightness and cost from this pro zoom

Laowa

90mm F2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO