‘I’ve been recognised as an archivist – over the past 50 years, I have documented our life from an Afro-Caribbean point of view, which has been left out of the mainstream history,’ says Charlie Phillips, once described by Time Out magazine as the gre

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Nikon Z 9, 400mm, 1/800sec at f/6.3, ISO 1600 Geoff says: ‘There were a lot of great images to choose from in this APOY round, but this owl image deserves a special mention. The composition is great, with plenty of detail on both owl and tree coming

About RapidBlues RapidBlues works for the NHS. He says: ‘I love the job that I do, and I feel privileged and very lucky to be part of the ambulance service.’ See more of his work on Instagram @rapidblues Favourite subjects Nowadays, my energy is f

Miles is an experienced film photographer who’s built up a massive social media following and specialises in sport and music photography. He rediscovered his passion for film photography while furloughed during the lockdown, when he also became fasci

With the best instant cameras and printers, you can capture a little analogue magic with your photography. There’s a reason that Polaroid instant film cameras have been popular for decades – they’re terrific knockabout fun, with a lo-fi charm that ju

What previous experience have you had in the darkroom? The last time I was in a darkroom was around 1993 at university and it’s the same darkroom that I use now! (I’m a lecturer on the Visual Communication BA at the University of Brighton, which is

SIGMA has announced its first Canon-approved RF-mount autofocus zoom lens, namely the 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN | Contemporary. It is an APS-C lens, rather than full frame, and the relatively fast maximum aperture of f/2.8 is available throughout the zoom r

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The Sweet 22 captures a central sharp spot surrounded by dramatic blur. Lensbaby produces the Sweet 22 in Canon RF, Fujifilm X, Nikon Z, Sony E and L-mount versions. The lens can focus on subjects just 12.7cm from the sensor, giving a reproduction ra

● £80 ● kekscameras.com If you love shooting with old film cameras, then you’re probably all too aware of the idiosyncrasies surrounding their light meters. Many cameras from the 1960s and 1970s require long-banned mercury batteries and give inaccura

This ultra-wideangle lens for Hasselblad’s medium-format mirrorless cameras is designed for use in a variety of situations, with obvious examples being landscapes, architecture, and interiors. However, the firm also says that it is particularly desig

The first major UK retrospective of the photographic artist Zanele Muholi has returned to the Tate Modern. Comprising over 300 photographs, it looks at their career, from their very first project to their latest ongoing series. Zanele first came to p

THIS striking image by Tom Learmonth is part of a new exhibition documenting east London’s long-established Bengali community. The ‘I Am Who I Am Now’ exhibition takes place at The Four Corners Gallery, London E2 0QN, until 3 August. ‘By highlighting

Graflex Speed Graphic 4x5, Kodak Aero-Ektar 7 In 178mm F/2.5, Kodak Portra 160, 1/200sec at f/4 Film photography has a timeless allure that draws me in for various reasons. The aesthetic quality of film, with its texture, grain, and colour rendition,

Nikon Z6, Sigma 150-600mm, 1/500sec at f/6.3, ISO 140 ‘On an early Saturday morning I spotted this great crested grebe swimming along. I was watching it for ages and then I had a moment where the grebe looked directly at me at eye level, and that was

If you became interested in photography at any point in the past 20 years, the chances are that your initial experience was a digital one. The rate of camera development in that period has been truly impressive, and the digital path to imaging is wel