Innehållsförteckning för No. 624 från Photography Week

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www.gopro.com £399/$399 But for a few cosmetic tweaks, B the GoPro Hero12 Black could easily be mistaken for its predecessor, the Hero11 Black, with its dimensions, sensor specs and shooting resolutions serving up a hefty dose of déjà vu. Dig a little deeper, however, and it becomes clear that there are a handful of meaningful updates: a new mounting option, Bluetooth mic support, dual-channel audio, and HDR video are the headliners. Key features The Hero12 Black is just as waterproof as older GoPros – it’s good for a 10-metre (33ft) dunk – and can be mounted on any action cam mount, thanks to its flip-out feet. GoPro’s Mod accessories work with the Hero12 Black, including the Media Mod, the Display Mod, the Light Mod and the new Max Lens Mod…

Sony has unveiled the FE 85mm f/1.4 GM II, a successor to the original Sony FE 85mm f/1.4 GM, which was launched in 2016 as one of the first G-Master lenses. The new lens promises to improve on the original with better image quality and faster autofocus, and is more compact and lightweight. With 14 elements in 11 groups, including x2 XA and x2 ED elements, as well as a Nanon AR II coating on the front of the lens, Sony says this second-generation lens’s refined optics will produce significantly less colour fringing and reduced chromatic aberrations. The 11-blade aperture should make for a nice rounded bokeh, with the classic 85mm portrait focal length being a favorite of many for creamy background falloff. Sony has brought its latest lens technology…

Wildlife Photographer of the Year has released a selection of highly W commended images from this year’s contest, ahead of the announcement of the winning images and photographers. WPOTY is held in partnership with the UK’s Natural History Museum (NHM) in London. Images are judged for their “artistic composition, technical innovation and truthful interpretation of the natural world”, and the contest, which is now in its 60th year, has long placed a strong emphasis on conservation and sustainability issues. This year’s winners will be announced on October 8, and the public will be invited to vote for a People’s Choice winner from a separate shortlist. This year there’s also a new conservation-themed Impact Award. Click the link to see more images from the competition, and read the stories behind them,…

Of all the darkroom techniques to have made an impact on digital photography, solarization is perhaps the most instantly recognizable. First championed by Man Ray in the 1920s, solarization involved flicking on the lights in the darkroom while exposing a print, which partially inverts the tonal range of the image. Normally, the tonal range would run from dark areas to bright areas, and in digital imaging this is represented by the histogram, which groups dark pixels on the left of the graph and light pixels on the right. If we think of the range of brightness in this linear way, then imagine chopping the range in half and flipping one half around. This is what solarization does. It inverts half of the tonal range, while leaving the other half to…

INSPIRING QUOTES Wisdom from the masters of photography PRO TIPS Advice from top working photographers CAMERA CRAFT TIPS Shooting skills with Marcus Hawkins PHOTO EDITING TIPS Photoshop techniques with Jon Adams PHOTO EDITING Techniques and smart shortcuts for Photoshop 1 HIDE SELECTION EDGES If the dotted line of a selection is making it difficult to see an adjustment you’re making, press H to hide the ‘marching ants’ then make the adjustment without any distractions. Pressing H again will reveal the selection. 2 LOSE YOUR PALETTES To see a photo without distractions, press Tab and you’ll hide all the palettes and tools. To restore them, press Tab again. To hide everything except the Toolbox, press Shift+Tab. 3 GO FULL-SCREEN To see your image as large as possible on-screen, press Ctrl/Cmd+0 (zero).…

If you’re shooting a popular location after hours you might have to share the space with a fellow photographer or two, but with a little common sense it’s not difficult to work around each other. However, visit a popular location in the middle of the day and you’ll often have to contend with crowds of sightseers. If you’re intent on capturing a people-free photo of a scene you have two options: wait and hope for a lull in the flow of visitors, or remove each and every offender in post. The former is preferable if you’re happy to wait, but during the hour we spent at Glastonbury Tor in south-west England the flow of visitors never let up. The obvious remedy in post is to use Photoshop’s Clone Stamp or…

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