Photography

Night begins earlier in the northern hemisphere in October, and there are a host of celestial spectacles for astrophotographers this month. From a rising “Harvest Moon” to a photogenic passing of the moon through the stunning Pleiades open cluster, there’s plenty to capture in the night sky. As a bonus, there’s the Orionid meteor shower at the end of October, whose ‘shooting stars’…

Shock-jock street photographer Bruce Gilden has a new book of black-and-white portraits he has taken in Britain over the years. Called The Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets, the monograph features over 50 photographs that the Magnum photographer has shot over a period of over 30 years. As you would expect from Gilden, the portraits show people up close and personal – without any need to show…

Every pro photographer needs clients by definition, and most are lovely – but oh, can they be a ballache. They don’t know how to talk about what they want. ‘I want candid photos,’ said one, and that’s what he got – only for me to discover that he actually wanted posed photos. ‘Why isn’t anyone looking at the camera?!’ he moaned. Another insisted she…

The Natural Landscape Photography Awards (NLPA) results are in. As always, the prestigious annual photo competition – now in its fifth year – has turned out a mountain of jaw-dropping landscape photographs, captured by some of the most talented photographers from around the world. Australian landscape and wildlife photographer, Joy Kachina, took top honors to be crowned Natural Landscape…