Australian Photography + digital is Australia’s top-selling photography publication. Named Niche Magazine of the Year in the 2013 Australian Magazine Awards, AP has one simple goal – to help you become a better photographer. Each month the magazine profiles leading shooters and shares a range of useful tips to help you improve the way you go about planning, shooting, editing and using your images. Popular regular sections include the monthly Your Best Shot photo competition, Image Doctor, camera tests and columns by well known photographers including Frans Lanting, Darran Leal and Mark Galer.
Australian Photography + Digital
SO, WHAT DO YOU SHOOT?
THIS ISSUE’S CONTRIBUTORS
NATURE’S FURY
QUICK SNAPS
ALL IS NOT LOST! • We’ve all taken an image that excites us, only to be devastated when we discover a problem. Is it fixable? Darran Leal looks at the different ways to avoid these events and shares a few ways of fixing or saving your lost cause images.
YOUR BEST SHOT • How do you reveal something physical, like a texture, in something static, like a photo? It’s far from easy, but it seemed the best efforts this month looked to focus on the details - giving surfaces, landscapes, water and even wood a three-dimensional feel that makes you want to reach out and touch them. From nearly one hundred entries, these were our picks.
HOW TO ENTER
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LET’S GET INTIMATE • A CLOSER LOOK AT CAPTURING NATURE’S SMALLER DETAILS
I SEE SPOTS! • 5 IN-FIELD WORK AROUNDS FOR SENSOR SPOTS
SPOTS OF A DIFFERENT TYPE
BEST PRACTICES FOR KEEPING SPOTS AWAY
A FEW MORE THINGS FOR THE OBSESSIVE…
THE POST-PRODUCTION FIX
ACTIVATE YOUR CAMERA’S SELF-CLEANING SENSOR MODE
THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY • 9 TIPS FOR BETTER SPORTS IMAGES
SPORTS SHOOTERS TO WATCH
LIFE AFTER DARK • As the world slowly comes back to life, here’s how to approach night-time photography on the streets.
FIVE TIPS FOR NIGHT STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
FUJIFILM X-H2S • The much-anticipated successor to Fujifilm’s X-H1 is here, with the X-H2S bringing with it a host of new features and technologies. Promising to be Fujifilm’s most capable hybrid to date, this is one camera with big shoes to fill. So how is it? Sam Edmonds takes a look.
DJI MINI 3 PRO • Tim Levy takes DJI’s latest pocket rocket compact drone out for a fly.
TAKE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY FURTHER • LEARN WITH SOME OF THE BEST
OPHELIA • The challenge was to replicate a famous artwork, but that was just the easy part!
TO PACK IT OR NOT? • Today, smartphones are a viable option for photographers keen to ditch the DSLR and travel light. But does that mean you should?
IMAGE DOCTOR • Images need a pick-me-up? The doctor will see you now.
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