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NIKON LAUNCHES RETRO FULL-FRAME Z f MIRRORLESS AND 135MM PLENA LENS

Nikon expands its film-inspired lineup with the full-frame Nikon Z f and also introduces the Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena premium portrait prime lens

Canon launches a world-first in the RF 10-20mm F4L IS STM lens

Canon has announced the world’s widest zoom lens

Fujifilm raises the bar for medium format

Fujifilm brings its latestX-Series developments to medium format with the GFX 100 II as the company also reveals four new lenses

Panasonic reveals the Lumix G9 II

Panasonic returns to Micro FourThirds format with the Lumix G9 II and launches two new Leica lenses

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More snippets of photography news from around the world

STORY BEHIND THE STILL

Pictured Hot spot Mike is experienced in capturing

THE COVER SHOT

Peter Fenech joins Gavin Forster on a series of magazine photoshoots to discover the challenges of capturing narrative editorial images to a brief

BRING MOTION TO STILLS

Go beyond 2D and animate your photos withAI tools

GOING PRO LATER IN LIFE

Enjoyed a long-established career but want to turn your photographic passion into a vocation? Here are some things you’ll need to consider…

Career advice

This month, Claire Gillo discusses studying photography in higher education and the benefits it brings to your practice

Choosing a photography degree

Third-year student Isobella Perks shares her experiences of studying for a photography degree and her aspirations for the future after graduation

WHY SHOTS WORK

“As human beings, we’re limited in the amount

MASTER YOUR FILTERS

Peter Fenech explains how to use filters to get the professional look

Balance exposure

Control the distribution of tones within your image for maximum detail

Manually blend exposures

Combine software and hardware exposure management

To stack or not to stack

Should you use multiple filters or a single strong filter?

Lengthen exposures

Introduce a sense of movement into your shots and control depth-of-field

Control colour

Use hardware filtration to carefully balance colour like a pro

Create special effects

Add these filters to your kitbag to give your images a unique edge

GET IT RIGHT IN-CAMERA

Maximise your camera’s potential to gain control, improve image quality and reduce editing time

Use LCD features

Improves: Workflow/ Monitoring Adjust key features of your camera’s LCD screen for better control of results

Activate Grid Lines

Improves: Composition Use these guides to create a balanced and visually appealing photograph

Customise White Balance

Improves: Colour Control Kelvin values like a pro to avoid colour casts and save time at the editing stage

Fine-tune AF

Improves: Sharpness Use in-camera lens micro adjustments to improve the sharpness of older lenses

Support with IS modes

Improves: Detail Learnwhentoapplythisstabilisation feature to enhance image resolution

When to use Noise Reduction

Improves: Image noise Even with improvements to the AI Denoise function in editing software, there are benefits to enabling this function in-camera

Select incamera B&W

Improves: Monochrome tones Take control of black & white shots without losing the colour images

Create double exposures

Improves: Creative impact Combine two subjects into a single frame to create artistic abstract photos

Make use ofAuto HDR

Improves: Colour/contrast Blend three exposures in-camera to avoid extra work in post-processing

10 in-camera aspects to consider

Keep these in mind to successfully create photographic masterpieces

Create botanical photo art

Highlight anatomical textures and microstructures by using backlighting to bring out maximum detail

Create zoom bursts

Shoot energetic impressions of motion with longer shutter speeds and changing focal lengths

Auto-generate colour grading styles

EDITING SKILLS: PHOTOSHOP

Shoot high ISO with confidence

Get cleaner images with Lightroom’s Denoise tools

Create a moody look with colour grading

Use colour grading tools to get cool image tones

Photo CV

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

WINNING FORMULA

From racing horses to shooting F1 cars, motorsport photographer Jamey Price enjoys the thrill of speed

The Gallery

World Photo Annual 2023

THE BEST OF ARCHITECTURE

The winners of our latest contest with Photocrowd have been revealed

Kitintro

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

WILD PHILIPPINES

Nigel Hicks on putting an archipelago’s natural diversity on the map

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For solid support when shooting outdoors, you can’t beat a set of carbon fibre sticks. Here’s our selection of eight best buys

THE WINNER IS... 3 Legged Thing

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Fujifilm X-S20

With 6.2K open-gate video and impressive battery life,Gareth Bevan asks whether Fujifilm has just thrown down the gauntlet for rival hybrid cameras

Canon EOS R10

Price: £899/$979 Website: canon.co.uk

Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR

Matthew Richards tests the first‘affordable’ultra-tele zoom for theZ-system

Laowa Argus 28mm f/1.2 FF

Matthew Richards finds out whether this lightweight wide-angle hits the spot

ACCESSRIES

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

MAGMOD PRO FLASH KIT 2

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