Photo Review

Inspiring photography, practical tips and useful information for photographers at all levels. Easy to follow advice on everything from buying the right camera gear through to shooting, editing, printing and organising your photos. The Inspiration section features high quality images and insight into how the best photographers create their photos.

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In the CORRIDORS OF POWER • THE RECENT VOLATILITY OF AUSTRALIAN POLITICS HAS BEEN A BAPTISM OF FIRE FOR AWARD-WINNING PRESS GALLERY PHOTOGRAPHER ALEX ELLINGHAUSEN.

Family Album • WHEN A PHOTOGRAPHIC CONCEPT VEERS OFF COURSE IT CAN BECOME SOMETHING SPECIAL.

Faroe Islands • THE FAROE ISLANDS ARE AN UNDISCOVERED DESTINATION FOR MOST OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC WORLD, BUT THEY'RE A PLACE TO SEE UNTAMED NATURE AT ITS BEST.

Match your Sony Alpha camera with a premium G Master lens • With seven camera bodies and 30 lenses, Sony takes the lead in full-frame mirrorless cameras and offers high-quality G-Master lenses to match their performance. Superior camera bodies – particularly those with high resolution – demand complementary lenses to highlight their capabilities and deliver eye-catching images with rich detail, delicate tonality and superb colour fidelity. Sony's G-Master lenses have been designed to bring out the best in your camera, offering a winning combination of resolution and bokeh (rendition of out-of-focus areas) as well as unparalleled reliability, even in challenging shooting conditions.

Understanding autofocusing - Part 1 • IN THE FIRST OF THIS THREE-PART SERIES WE LOOK AT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT CAMERA AF SYSTEMS AND EXPLAIN HOW THEY WORK.

Manual focusing

Photo printing pocket guide

Pitch Perfect

How histograms can help with tricky subjects • WE LOOK AT HOW YOUR CAMERA'S HISTOGRAM DISPLAY CAN BE USED TO HELP YOU DEAL WITH SUBJECTS OUTSIDE THE SENSOR'S NORMAL RESPONSES.

Using RGB histograms

Getting into video • WITH MOST CAMERAS NOW CAPABLE OF RECORDING 4K VIDEO, WE PROVIDE SOME BASIC ADVICE ON WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

Sensor sizes and resolution

Time-lapse and interval recording modes

Image review

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