Amateur Photographer

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Amateur Photographer is the world's oldest weekly magazine for photography enthusiasts. With its unique weekly format, it is the first for news and events, plus features on techniques, equipment tests and darkroom advice. It appeals to those interested in buying and learning about digital and film photographic equipment, wanting advice on improving their technique, and learning about the greats in photography. Regular features on reader portfolios, darkroom, digital, black & white and photographer profiles ensure all areas of photography are covered. With an audience of dedicated photography enthusiasts.

7days • A week in photography

This week in 1936 • TREASURES FROM THE HULTON ARCHIVE

It’s good to share • Our favourite photos posted by readers on our social media channels this week

Climate change images sought

L-bracket for Canon EOS R5 and 6

Panasonic adds wireless live streaming to GH5 II

AP reader in new BBC photo challenge

Photography Show set for September

Books & exhibitions • The latest and best books and exhibitions from the world of photography

From the archive • Nigel Atherton looks back at past AP issues

KIT LIST

Calm amongst the chaos • Award-winning photographer Helen Trust talks to Caroline Schmidt about redefining the rules and explores her unique eye for finding minimalism in maximalist cities

HELEN’S TOP TIPS FOR SHOOTING ARCHITECTURE

Why it works

Helen’s top 6 locations

Art therapy

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California Sea Lion Plays with Mask • When presented with a scene that sums up a huge environmental issue you don’t want to mess it up. Tracy Calder gets the story behind this image

Amateur Photographer of the Year • Here are the top 10 images uploaded to Photocrowd from Round Three, Home, with comments by the AP team and our guest judge

ROUND THREE WINNER, YOUNG APOY

Winning kit from MPB • The gear our winners used can be found at MPB

CAMERA CLUB COMPETITION

The 2021 leaderboards

David Clapp

Behind the print • David Clapp shares his processing knowledge and how he got his colourful image print-ready

PREPARING FOR PRINTING

WhiteWall recommends

David’s top tips

The art of architecture photography • Claire Gillo speaks to the pros to find out their top tips for photographing architecture and interiors from different eras, angles and perspectives

Magic man • Peter Dench talks to Arvind Jayashankar about his architecture project on the Munich Underground

Minimalist architecture • Personal style and keeping it simple are key ingredients to these striking architectural images. Benedict Brain talks to two photographers to find out more

Fun cubed • This intriguing shot recently won the Architecture category in the British Photography Awards. Amy Davies spoke to the photographer to find out more

Frankly mindblowing • Damien Demolder speaks to an abstract photographer who emphasises structure and form with multiple exposures

A step closer to optical perfection • Discover the best editing software for correcting lens and image distortions. James Abbott shows you how you can achieve better image quality in just a few clicks

LENS DISTORTION

Adobe Lightroom Classic and ACR

APPLYING CORRECTIONS IN LIGHTROOM AND ACR

DxO Viewpoint 3

VIEWPOINT 3 AND PERSPECTIVE EFEX CORRECTION CONTROLS

Affinity Photo

APPLYING MANUAL CORRECTIONS IN AFFINITY PHOTO

Photoshop Elements 2021

USING THE CORRECT CAMERA DISTORTION FILTER IN ELEMENTS

Using the Tilt function

Combat converging...