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January 2023

Raw or JPEG? 1024 683 David Taylor

Raw or JPEG?

Life can be confusing at times, particularly when you’re faced with a choice of two or more options. (Is it just me, or would it be a far better system…

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Product Photography With a Heart of Glass 1024 684 Gavin Parsons

Product Photography With a Heart of Glass

Photographing glass is a pain in the proverbial backside. It reflects everything and not just the lights a photographer uses, but the camera, the studio and even the photographer. So…

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The Dusky Track 700 467 Jason Friend

The Dusky Track

“It’s not unusual for this area of Fiordland to receive more than the annual rainfall of the UK in less than a week” cheerfully announced the driver to the full…

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10 Tips for Shooting Better Flower Photos 1024 683 David Taylor

10 Tips for Shooting Better Flower Photos

Thank goodness for gardens, window boxes and house plants. All provide home-based opportunities for some creative photography. Thanks to the return of spring – at least here in the northern…

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How to Shoot Low-Key, Close-Up Photos 1024 683 Jason Friend

How to Shoot Low-Key, Close-Up Photos

I am a great fan of close-up photography, and the recent lockdown situation has given me a great excuse to dig out my macro lens and start exploring my garden…

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How to Take Creative Self-Portraits Indoors 960 667 Taya Ivanova

How to Take Creative Self-Portraits Indoors

Going outside isn’t always an option. This can be frustrating for photographers who want to have as much freedom as possible. What could you possibly do to enhance your portfolio…

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9 More Photography Techniques to Try at Home 1024 681 David Taylor

9 More Photography Techniques to Try at Home

With the lockdown still in place and likely to last a few more weeks, it’s no bad thing to have new photography projects you can easily do at home. So,…

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Portfolio: The Legacy Project 1024 683 Jason Friend

Portfolio: The Legacy Project

It has been seven years since Telephoto.com founder, Jason Friend, embarked on a trip to photograph the prehistoric landscape of the Orkney Islands located off the northern tip of Scotland.…

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Learning to Love Legacy Lenses 1024 683 David Taylor

Learning to Love Legacy Lenses

One of the truly heartening aspects of the digital era is the way that interest in old lenses from the pre-AF era has been rekindled.  Who’d have thought that dusty mechanical…

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A World Without Mirrors 1024 683 Jason Friend

A World Without Mirrors

We all know that the best camera is the one that you have with you, and this can be particularly true when you are on the road. Airplane luggage restrictions…

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