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Seasonal tips: Shooting snowdrops

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Anonymous, 03 February 2012 18:19

Snowdrops are out now but how do you shoot them? To get the best from this small and low-growing flower you ideally need a macro lens or at least a lens with a macro facility in it. If you don’t have either, just focus as closely as you can with your lens because you’ll still get some lovely images. Get ...

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Seasonal tips: Shooting snowdrops

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Anonymous, 03 February 2012 18:19

Snowdrops are out now but how do you shoot them? To get the best from this small and low-growing flower you ideally need a macro lens or at least a lens with a macro facility in it. If you don’t have either, just focus as closely as you can with your lens because you’ll still get some lovely images. Get ...

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Seasonal tip: Shooting snowdrops

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PA News Team, 03 February 2012 18:00

Snowdrops are out now but how do you shoot them? To get the best from this small and low-growing flower you ideally need a macro lens or at least a lens with a macro facility in it. If you don’t have either, just focus as closely as you can with your lens because you’ll still get some lovely images. Get ...

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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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Find out how well your monitor performs with our Digital Photo test charts

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Michael Topham, 13 October 2011 16:02

In Digital Photo’s December 2011 issue, (due out on the 2nd November 2011) six monitors are put under the spotlight to find out which performed the best in terms of image quality and which offers the finest build. You can read up on which monitors picked up the highly acclaimed Digital Photo Gold and Silver awards on page 118, but before you ...

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Peeling Paint texture

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Anonymous, 07 October 2011 15:55

If you don't have your own texture photo use this photo of peeling paint to give your old toy shots a more interesting twist. The technique you need to follow to blend this shot with another can be found on page 14 in the November issue of Practical Photography. Using blending modes and selective masking you can create a photo ...

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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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