Australian Photography

Australian Photography + digital is Australia’s top-selling photography publication. Named Niche Magazine of the Year in the 2013 Australian Magazine Awards, AP has one simple goal – to help you become a better photographer. Each month the magazine profiles leading shooters and shares a range of useful tips to help you improve the way you go about planning, shooting, editing and using your images. Popular regular sections include the monthly Your Best Shot photo competition, Image Doctor, camera tests and columns by well known photographers including Frans Lanting, Darran Leal and Mark Galer.

Australian Photography

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SHARPEN UP! • Techniques like fast shutter speeds, good glass and the smart use of tripods can help you get sharp shots. But when should you apply what? Darran Leal looks at a few handy techniques for sharper images.

YOUR BEST SHOT • We know people love photographing their pets, but how much? Well, if the 100+ images we had entered in this month’s Your best Shot are any indication, a whole lot! Here were our favourites this issue.

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LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE • Kick back and take it easy with these creative ways to slow down your shutter speed in wildlife and people photography.

MAKE PEOPLE DISAPPEAR

MASTER THE OCEAN A GUIDE TO SEASCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY • Blessed with some of the most beautiful, vast, and dynamic coastlines on earth, Australia is a seascape photographer’s dream destination. Here’s a few tips for perfecting your next shoreline shoot.

THE ESSENTIAL GEAR

PORTRAIT OR LANDSCAPE?

ABOVE US ONLY SKY • A flock of thousands of Pink-footed geese flying over snow-covered ground, immortalised by the Norwegian photographer Terje Kolaas, is the overall winner of the Drone Photo Awards 2021, an international contest of aerial photography open to images captured from an elevated position.

BEAUTY OF THE BUSH: HOW TO CAPTURE AUSTRALIAN TREES AND FORESTS • The Australian bush has its own unique look and feel that makes it a great subject for photography. But if you go in without a plan, you’re probably more likely to walk out underwhelmed and unsatisfied. Here’s how to photograph our bush with a subtle hand while upping your keeper rate.

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CREATE A SOFT, PAINTERLY FEEL

SONY ALPHA 1 • Sony describes its newest flagship the Alpha 1 as the ‘one’ camera that can do just about anything you’d need it to do, and the company may well be right – from sports to landscapes, there’s very little it doesn’t excel at. But should you spend $10,000 on getting yourself one? Mike O’Connor takes a look.

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ASUS PROART PA148CTV • ASUS describes its PA148CTV 14-inch FHD portable monitor as being ‘designed for creators’. But if you are a creator, do you really need another monitor, and a compact one at that? AP takes a look.

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THE FINEST ART • APS photographer Jill Hardcastle was determined to make a statement with this award-winning image.

THE AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

SKILLS ON(THE)LINE • Nurturing our creativity is key to how we better ourselves as photographers. Here’s why.

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

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