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 + Digital • ESTABLISHED IN 1950

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Subscribe & save 35% + FREE DIGITAL COPY! • Renew or subscribe to Australian Photography with auto-renewal for just $6.40 PER ISSUE (print + digital copies)

DO YOU PRINT? • Darran Leal explores how modern printing technology makes it quick and easy it is to produce beautiful results.

50 SHADES OF WILDLIFE HOW TO SHOOT NATURE IN BLACK AND WHITE • Dull in grey? No way. Subtract colour to add oomph to your shots, suggest award-winning pro photographers Steve and Ann Toon.

7 TIPS FOR BETTER OUTBACK IMAGES • Photojournalist Paula Heelan has been photographing the Australian Outback for more than two decades. Her work captures the everyday life of people who live and work in remote towns and on stations; the grandeur and unforgiving nature of landscapes and weather as well as wildlife and livestock. Here are her tips to help you make the most of your next Outback adventure.

MAKE WORKING AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, WORK FOR YOU • There comes a time in every photographer’s life when they will weigh up the possibility of turning their passion behind the lens into a career. But how do you make the jump, and how do you deal with people telling you to ‘get a real job’? This is for all those photographers out there making it work, and those weighing up taking the leap for themselves.

THE EYE OF WILKINS • More than three years in the making, historian Peter Maddern has recently released The Eye of Wilkins, a new book celebrating the photographs of the pioneering reporter, cinematographer, polar explorer, naturalist, geographer, climatologist, aviator and photographer Sir George Hubert Wilkins. This is how the project came to life.

PANASONIC GH5 II • When we reviewed the original GH5 back in 2017 we described it as a camera that rewarded both photographers and videographers equally–no mean feat at the time. But now, some four years later, does its successor bring enough to the party to compete in an increasingly crowded marketplace for hybrid cameras? Let’s find out.

TAMRON 150-500MM F/5-6.7 DI III VC VXD LENS • The Tamron 150-500mm F5-6.7 Di III VC VXD lens is a pretty compelling package – it offers a focal length ideal for sports and wildlife photography, a weather-proof build, great optics and a seriously competitive price tag ($1,899 AUD) to make it a solid option for more budget-minded photographers.

THE LANDING • A touch of good fortune and a fair bit of planning helped photographer Martie Labuschagne capture this beautiful, award-winning image.

CAN’T COMPARE! • Have you ever heard the expression ‘comparison is the thief of joy?’ Here’s how to fight it.

IMAGE DOCTOR • Images need a pick-me-up? The...