Category: News

Check out the latest issue of Professional Photo, which is once again brimming with great features, superb imagery and incisive input from our expert pro team. Our cover has been provided by master photographer Damian McGillicuddy, who will be judging the fashion and beauty category of Professional Photographer of the Year. Damian is sharing thoughts about how to get the best out of your model and providing some clues about what he’ll be looking out for at the judging stage, so tune in for some useful insights! Meanwhile, if you love landscape then you’re going to relish our Portfolio this month, which features stunning monochrome work from Indonesian-based photographer Hengki Koentjoro, while our Project feature traces the fascinating story of how portrait photographer Jenny Lewis sourced 100 people ranging from birth through to 100 to picture for her new ‘Portrait of a Community’ book. In Anatomy of a Picture Paul Wilkinson is recalling a commission that involved photographing a group of actors in such a way that they could be moved around within the composition for ultimate flexibility and Richard Bradbury is problem solving by talking through ways to achieve a professional level of sharpness in your images. On the software front we’re checking out presets, showing how Affinity Photo can deliver selective colour and testing out Zoner’s exciting new Photo Studio X package, while our big reviews this month focus on the pro-grade new Pentax K-3 Mark III and the hugely innovative Asus dual screen ZenBook Pro Duo 15, which is designed to zip through your post-production. There’s lots going on, so come take a look!

Professional Photo has had a facelift, so check out our new look, enjoy our extra pages and feast on our fresh features as we reflect on the photographic business getting back into full swing. We’re talking to wedding photographers who are revealing how they’ve survived lockdown and are preparing to come back stronger, we’ve got an interview with Tim Dunk, who’s made such a success of virtual shoots over the past twelve months that he’s not contemplating going back, we’re marking the re-opening of The Fujifilm House of Photography and we’re looking at ways you can prepare your business to be better and stronger than ever before as the world starts to take its first steps back towards normality. We’re also talking to conservation photographer Daniel Beltra who is raising awareness of issues facing the planet while also producing some gorgeous eye-catching work, we’re sharing Anthony Lycett’s project that’s giving some of the most stylish and outlandish dressers out there the chance to show off their style and we’re also revealing our first Professional Photographer of the Year spot prize. We’re also running a full review of the magnificent new medium format Fujifilm GFX100S this month, so read our verdict on a camera that offers extraordinary quality for the cost of a 35mm-style mirrorless model. Jump in and take a look around: you won’t be disappointed!