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THE WEEK’S TOP HEADLINES IN PHOTOGRAPHY

URBAN WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY

Discover the wildlife on your doorstep, and learn pro techniques that will help you to capture once in a lifetime shots

STICK TO A BUDGET

Learn how to get the most out of your kit with these low-budget tricks and urban wildlife essentials

STUDY YOUR SUBJECT

Learn the behavioural patterns of your subjects to improve your chances of capturing engaging urban wildlife images

WHERE TO FIND URBAN WILDLIFE

Plan your next photo shoot with this overview of the UK’s diverse urban wildlife

A WILD ATMOSPHERE

Simon Roy offers his pro insights into lighting and composition for garden wildlife photography

PRO ADVICE

Sam Hobson on how building a relationship with nature will help you to capture engaging urban wildlife shots

CAPTURING THE VIXEN FEEDING HER CUBS

Sam Hobson takes us behind the scenes to reveal how he captured this captivating urban wildlife image

GuruShots

We’ve joined up with online photo game GuruShots to print the winning images from the Fanciful Flowers challenge

WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS UNVEILS 2023 OPEN WINNERS

Stunning winning and shortlisted images announced across 10 categories

EMBRACE THE ELEMENTS

Are you a fair-weather photographer? Mike Harris shows you how to capture great landscape images even when it’s wet and wild

HOW TO TAKE TOP SCENIC SHOTS WHEN IT’S WET

1 WEATHER SEALING Weather sealing is designed to

MASTER MONO HDR

James Paterson shows you how to shoot and edit dramatic black-and-white HDR landscapes

CAMERA BACKPACKS

It’s only natural to want to protect your precious gear from life’s knocks and scrapes. These backpacks will do the job in style

Gomatic McKinnon Camera Backpack 25L

The modular design of this backpack makes it very versatile, but it’s rather pricey

Lowepro ProTactic BP 350 AW II

The ProTactic is the outright slimmest backpack in the group, but with four entry points

Lowepro Whistler Backpack 350 AW II

A photo/daypack that’s built to withstand the harshest weather and toughest conditions

Manfrotto Pro Light Multiloader Backpack M

The multi-loading Manfrotto split backpack works particularly well for dual-camera outfits

Tenba DNA 16 DSLR

Modest in size and price, the Tenba is nevertheless well suited to a wide range of applications

Toxic Valkyrie (Medium)

This full photo backpack has clever design flourishes pretty much everywhere you look

Vanguard Alta Sky 51D

A voluminous backpack that’s very versatile, and suited to multiple cameras and more besides

Vanguard Veo Active 53

An innovative backpack that has just about everything covered for you and your camera