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A week on the Jacobite

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PA Team, 18 October 2011 10:59

Digital Photo’s Technical Editor Michael Topham blogs about his working holiday aboard The Jacobite steam train in the Scottish Highlands. When I was much younger a close friend said something to me that I’ll never forget – “It’s not necessarily what you know in life, it’s who you know that really counts.” Since then I’ve remembered this statement and the images that ...

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A week on the Jacobite

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PA Team, 18 October 2011 10:59

Digital Photo’s Technical Editor Michael Topham blogs about his working holiday aboard The Jacobite steam train in the Scottish Highlands. When I was much younger a close friend said something to me that I’ll never forget – “It’s not necessarily what you know in life, it’s who you know that really counts.” Since then I’ve remembered this statement and the images that ...

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Ben’s 10 tips for photographing toddlers

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PA Team, 12 September 2011 09:14

Practical Photography’s deputy editor Ben Hawkins passes on the lessons he has learned and techniques he has developed while photographing his young son. Some are obvious, others less so, but you might need them all... 1. Act like a childYee-haa! Woo-hoo! Oh wow! Etc. Kids respond to excitement, big smiles and lots of waving and clapping – not a huge ...

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Shooting a model portfolio

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PA Team, 05 September 2011 10:44

Practical Photography’s technique writer Ed Godden blogs about his passion for shooting models and experimenting with creative lighting. For the past three years I’ve been photographing models on a regular basis, mainly making contact with them through networking sites like Model Mayhem. This is a great way to not only build up your portfolio but to also experiment with new ...

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Improve Your Spaniel Photography

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PA Team, 29 August 2011 09:00

Digital Photo's deputy editor Kingsley Singleton blogs about the challenges involved in photographing his beloved Spaniel. Who knew it could be so tricky? Before I had a dog, I used to take pictures of lots of things. Landscapes, still-life, other humans, you know the stuff. To be honest, at the time I found the variety rewarding, but I now know ...

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A camera on Ben Nevis

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PA Team, 22 August 2011 15:08

Photo answers' web producer Ben Weeks balances the demands and equipment requirements of photography with the need to travel light while climbing Ben Nevis in gale force winds. Anybody who has a passion for both photography and exploring the more mountainous parts of the world will have faced this particular decision at some point in their lives; do you forgo your ...

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Airsoft blog

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PA Team, 08 August 2011 21:26

  Practical Photography’s technique editor, James Abbott, spent a cold winter’s day photographing airsoft players at a derelict RAF base in the heart of the East Anglian countryside. I’m not a lover of early starts at the weekend, so it was fortunate for me that this shoot didn’t require an unwelcome alarm at the crack of dawn or travel to ...

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On a bike shoot

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PA Team, 01 August 2011 11:30

Digital Photo's Adam Atkins blogs about the challenges and skills involved in shooting fast moving cycles for a review feature. The alarm buzzed and rattled away. Slightly disorientated I got up off the floor. This was far too early to be getting up. Hang on a second, the floor? Where am I? Oh yes, I have a shoot today. Traveling ...

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Shooting a live band

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PA Team, 25 July 2011 13:08

Tom Calton, Digital Photo's technical writer, spends an afternoon battling the elements to shoot a live band at an outdoor concert.   As my computer clock slowly ticked over to 5:30pm, I picked up my camera gear and was out in a shot. I’m not usually in such a hurry to abandon the office, but this was different, I had somewhere ...

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Legends of the sky

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PA Team, 18 July 2011 11:09

Practical Photography’s Test & Technique Editor Darren Harbar takes us through a day's shooting at the Flying Legends air show.  It's not all about the planes, you know... In my younger days (quite a few years back), I started going to air displays with my Dad and snapping a few photographs. Now, it’s on a professional basis but I’m still ...

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Shooting a friend's wedding

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PA Team, 04 July 2011 10:44

Practical Photography’s technique writer Ed Godden recently spent a roasting hot summer’s day shooting a school friend’s wedding.... I recently shot a wedding for the first time in over a year. Weddings always make for a stressful assignment, no matter how many you’ve done in the past, but these worries put to one side I was happy to be shooting ...

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