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.
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YOUR BEST SHOT • A classic compositional technique if ever there was one, leading lines are one of the first tricks most aspiring photographers add to their toolkit when they first get serious about their image-making. This month, we wanted to see your best shots that use leading lines, and line up you did, with dozens of great entries pouring in. Here were our picks.
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WHAT’S ON AT HEAD ON? • Sydney’s legendary Head On Photo Festival returns to Sydney’s Bondi Beach with outdoor art installations, artist talks, screenings, live music and more this November. For 2022, there will be 107 exhibitions by 604 photographers and artists.
SECOND NATURE GET THE HABIT FOR BETTER PICTURES • If you want the best images every time you shoot follow our six-point capture checklist before you click.
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BEAUTY BEYOND THE SCRUB • The Australian bush confuses and confounds even seasoned landscape shooters. Reset your expectations and start taking better images with these tips.
TECHNICAL TIPS FOR TOP IMAGE QUALITY
SINGAPORE RESTART! • October marks the return of F1’s beloved, original night race in Singapore. To celebrate, we look back at some of the best photos captured at this iconic race.
CANON EOS R7 • With more megapixels, a faster drive speed, IBIS and a whole host of other features, is Canon’s EOS R7 the new golden child of cropped sensor cameras? Tim Levy takes a look.
PANASONIC GH6 • The sixth generation of Panasonic’s popular GH6 hybrid Micro Four Thirds camera is here. But has the wait been worth it? Anthony McKee takes a look.
MSI CREATOR Z17 • MSI’s Creator Z17 may be aimed at creatives, but that’s not telling the whole story – this is a laptop equally at home with gaming as it is image and video editing, and with a number of notable improvements over its predecessor the Creator 17, it might just have MacBook Pro users jumping ship. Mike O’Connor takes a look.
AN A-Z OF CURIOUS THINGS • This fantastic still life covers every letter from A-Z. Can you spot them all?
VALE GRAHAM BURSTOW • Graham Burstow OAM, one of the founding members of the Australian Photographic Society (APS) and a hugely respected figure in Australian photographic circles, has died at the age of 96.
IMAGE DOCTOR • Images need a pick-me-up? The doctor will see you now.