Keith Scholey is a British-born photographer and producer of nature documentaries for television and cinema, based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. His most recent documentary, Disney’s African Cats, follows two big cat families and studies how they teach their cubs the ways of the wild.
Recently he shared with us his top tips for photographing big cats in the wild.
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Camera lenses come in many different sizes. We take a look at the unfathomably massive – the world’s largest consumer lenses.
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An Arizona company has launched a super high-resolution digital camera that is capable of photographing a starry sky in the middle of the day.
The 1110 series from Spectral Instruments boasts a 112-megapixel CCD sensor measuring 95 x 95mm, which are extremely light sensitive and can take exposures lasting hours without recording any noise.
The company says its 1110 series cameras have a dynamic range so big that they can photograph both the sun and the stars during broad daylight.
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A reflector is undoubtedly a handy piece of kit, but when it comes to portrait photography it’s absolutely essential. Shooting outdoors using natural light can be tricky, with the position of the sun often causing harsh and unflattering shadows. Fill-in flash will help, but if you want natural or warm tones a reflector will help to lift shadows, apply effects and tackle tricky light conditions.
Reflectors are available with many different surfaces, such as gold (which adds a warm glow to faces) and white (which helps to lift shadows and balance light). You can even get reflectors with multiple surfaces.
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If you’re a PhotoPlus subscriber and haven’t yet claimed your free Pixum acrylic print, then you only have a couple of weeks to do so! Our exclusive subscriber offer – which enables you to upload your favourite image for mounting in a stylish acrylic block – expires on 29 May. Check out the acrylic print – and other photo-finishing products – at www.pixum.co.uk.
The acrylic print normally costs £9.99 (plus p&p), but PhotoPlus subscribers can get it just for the price of the p&p!
You’ll find full details in the Subs Club pages of issue 60 of PhotoPlus (we also reprinted the code you’ll need in issue 61). And if you’re not a subscriber? Then take out a subscription today so you don’t miss out on future offers!
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Johannes is an architectural photographer based in Germany. Through his photography he is able to draw the viewers’ attention to the curves and lines of modern architecture, forcing people to view these buildings from a unique perspective.
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Photographic styles and digital darkroom effects certainly aren’t immune to the whims of fashion and changing tastes. Whether it’s trendy cross-processing, HDR (High Dynamic Range) tweaks or shooting contre-jour (into the light), flick through the editorial and ad pages of any glossy magazine and you’ll see what’s currently in vogue. The muted colours, exaggerated contrast and super-detailed characteristics of what is known as the bleach bypass effect are very popular at the moment.
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Believe it or not the bathroom can be a great place for creative photography. Here we’ve captured the magical quality of water ripples, and combined them into a contemporary grid.
We created the ripples by simply dripping water from a soaked cloth onto the surface of (clean) bath water. There’s plenty of other ways to make great ripples too, so it’s worth experimenting with different methods and heights.
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Are your photo editing skills a little on the slow side? Could your Photoshop knowledge be better? If so, you’re in the right place. Below we’ve culled from experts 101 of the best Photoshop tips and tricks you need to streamline your photo editing skills and start working faster and smarter.
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Want to buy a new macro/wide-angle/superzoom lens but don’t recall when PhotoPlus last covered them in our Supertest? Recall seeing a Masterclass technique you’d like to try but can’t, for the life of you, remember which issue of the magazine it appeared in?
Or simply want a quick and easy way of finding what you want in your extensive collection of PhotoPlus magazines? Then download our regularly updated PhotoPlus Index – an Excel document that lists all the main content of our back issues.
It’s easy to search or browse through, and once you’ve found the article you’re interested in, simply refer to that issue to read it. And if you don’t have that particular issue, you can always buy the back issue online for instant digital download!
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