After the sun sets, cities become different places. Locations that were not particularly photogenic in the stark light of day begin to become beautiful under artificial illumination. These are places like the roads and tramlines that snake their way

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The street right outside your front door is full of creative photographic opportunities, from capturing day-to-day social interaction between people to documenting exciting events. There is rarely a dull moment – but even when there is, empty street

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Recently I discovered a bunch of old black-and-white 4x6 prints. They were slightly was to throw them away – but then something stopped me. The images were taken at the beach, and were mainly of gulls sweeping down towards the camera. I can’t remembe

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With urban portraits like this, the model’s style – their clothes, hair, make-up and accessories – in combination with the location make the image almost complete at the point of capture. Editing simply becomes the finishing touch that lifts the imag

Standard zoom lenses cover most eventualities for day-to-day shooting, so it pays to have a good one. You can buy most Canon and Nikon SLRs as complete kits with a standard zoom. In the APS-C format camp, the most popular option is a light and fairly

This is a great portrait shot. What’s interesting is that it has the potential to go in all kinds of different directions, depending on the desired end use. The graffiti-strewn backdrop gives an edgy urban flavour to it, so it could work well as a co

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Sadly these photogenic creatures don’t make it as far as the UK: their habitat is the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. The males of the species are almost pure white, while the females have smatterings of black in their plumage. Snowy owl

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Paul Reiffer Commercial photographer Paul shoots and produces ultra-high definition images of vibrant cities and iconic landscapes for clients including Land Rover, CNN, National Geographic, Ford, British Airways and Hyatt. www.paulreiffer.com Last y

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10 things to shoot, edit or create this month, including charity portraits and compressed cityscapes The human eye has the ability to see an extraordinary amount of colour and detail, outside of the visible light range is ultraviolet at one end and i

Reader 1 Brian Wakeling Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Location: Surrey Keen amateur photographer Brian mainly shoots landscapes, wildlife and sport. A Canon user since the days of film, his EOS 5D Mk III is used with a combination of Canon and Sigma

1 “Get up high if you can – but if not, get down low. We’ve all seen cities and landscapes from eye level, so there’s not much new to show from that angle.” 2 “Don’t rely on Auto White Balance. A small shift in colour temperature can completely chang

Photographer and writer Marcus is a former editor of Digital Camera When photographers advise you to ‘go manual’, they usually mean setting the exposure yourself. But there are other ways in which you can take back direct control of your camera Today

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