Amateur Photographer

Beyond the small cluster of rocks in the North Atlantic that we call the UK is a world filled with breathtaking scenery, incredible flora and fauna and endlessly fascinating peoples and cultures – all with their own unique approach to life. For me, t

A lot of travel photography and videography today seems over-concerned with being aesthetically pleasing. You get a lot of extremely beautiful landscape pictures that don’t say much, the must-take photos of a historic building, and images that attemp

Until 11 June The Photographers’ Gallery, London £8 / £5 concessions See photographersgallery.co.uk for full opening times Established in 1996 and organised in partnership with the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation in Frankfurt / Main since 2016,

I thought that your response to the letter from Michael Kane about expensive cameras (Inbox, 21 February) was a trifle harsh. After all, in these straitened times there must be fewer folk able to fork out the money for a new mirrorless camera plus le

Tom Svensson is an award-winning conservation photographer and an environmental influencer. See more at www.tomsvensson.se, Facebook @TomSvensson.conservationphotographer or @tomsvensson1 on Instagram Plan your trip thoroughly. This all comes down to

When we talk about the best kit for travel photography, we often laud how light and small something is. Carting around lots of lenses to cover off different travel subjects, never mind actually having to change those lenses while on the go and in the

Being able to explore a new location or country is an exciting opportunity for a photographer. But travelling can be stressful at the best of times. Factor in luggage allowances, getting through security and keeping your kit safe, and it can suddenly

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LAUNCHED 1961 PRICE AT LAUNCH £152 5s 9d (approx £152.28) GUIDE PRICE NOW £80-120 Shutter-priority automation is often thought to have started with electronic cameras in the mid-1970s. But here’s shutter priority, using a selenium cell meter, from mo

Cameras come in three types: DSLRs with optical viewfinders, mirrorless models with electronic viewing, and compact cameras with non-interchangeable lenses DSLRs traditionally have relatively large handgrips, while many mirrorless models have much s

I don’t know much about the countryside. The first 20 years of my life I lived by the seaside. For the last 30 I’ve lived in the city. The countryside makes me nervous. I don’t like being away from the blue and pink blink of neon lights. I find the c