Australian Photography

Australian Photography has one simple goal – to make you a better photographer. Each month the magazine features insightful photo tips to help you improve the way you shoot, edit and share your images. There's also interviews with leading pro shooters, step-by-step image-editing guides, photo competitions, reviews of the latest gear and much more

Australian Photography

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MAGIC MOMENTS • Images from around the world have shared the spoils in the annual Travel Photographer of the Year competition.

LOW LIGHT AND HIGH ISO BY DARRAN LEAL • Fast moving subjects and low light must be up with the toughest challenges for photography, and yet a combination of old tricks and new tech are changing that. AP looks at a few tips to maximise your results.

TURN EVERYDAY LIFE INTO YOUR OWN PHOTO PROJECT • It may not be the most obvious thing to turn your camera towards, but the daily comings and goings of our lives can be a fun challenge to document. Here’s how to get started.

UNDERSTANDING THE TONE CURVE • The Lightroom Tone Curve is a graphbased tool that lets you adjust the tones and colours of precise portions of an image. Here’s a quick guide to using it.

SHORTCUT SECRETS • Adobe’s Lightroom is a brilliant image editing tool, but where it comes into its own is when you learn some of its hundreds of intuitive shortcuts. They’ll speed up your image editing workflow, and have you dancing over the keys like a maestro. Here are five handy ones.

TEAM GROUP PD20M PORTABLE SSD • Team Group’s PD20M drive offers a unique solution for smartphone users who need to expand their onboard storage. Mike O’Connor takes a look.

FOTOPRO ORIGIN PLUS TRAVEL TRIPOD • Chinese company Fotopro’s newest product is the Origin travel tripod, a carbon fibre tripod and ballhead that supports up to a whopping 20kg of load, yet weighs only 1.33kg and folds down to a compact 499mm. Mike O’Connor checks it out.

DO YOU NEED A CAMERA CAGE? BY TIM ROBINSON • As your videography skills develop, it’s likely you’ll start to consider a cage to manage all the accessories the format requires.

ISOLATION • A desire to experiment with creative captures led to this moody, atmospheric composite. Here’s how it was made.

REVIEW AND LEARN • Exploring the wealth of exhibitions and books available to us can be a great inspiration for your own work.

IMAGE DOCTOR • Images need a pick-me-up? The doctor will see you now.