Photo Anatomy: shooting underwater photography in a freezing Alpine lake

    | Photography Tips | 19/05/2013 02:00am
    Photo Anatomy: shooting underwater photography in a freezing Alpine lake

    In our Photo Anatomy series we select pictures by famous photographers and explain why they work. Here, underwater photographer Franco Banfi reveals how he captured this stunning image in the freezing waters of a Swiss alpine lake.

    Photo Anatomy: capturing un-tamed moments in the wild

    | Photography Tips, Wildlife | 12/05/2013 01:00am
    Photo Anatomy: how a wildlife photographer captures un-tamed moments

    In our Photo Anatomy series on Digital Camera World we select pictures by famous photographers and explain point by point what makes them work.

    In our latest instalment award-winning wildlife photographer Bence Máté reveals how he captured a rare confrontation between a hummingbird and a snake.

    Photo Anatomy: why Dan Chung used a tilt-shift lens to capture Usain Bolt

    | Photography Tips | 05/05/2013 02:00am
    Photo Anatomy: why Dan Chung used a tilt-shift lens to capture Usain Bolt's 100m win

    In our latest Photo Anatomy series installment, award-winning press photographer Dan Chung reveals how he captured Usain Bolt’s 100m final victory at the Beijing Olympics using innovative tilt-shift lens effects.

    Photo Anatomy: using light to create artistic landscape photography

    | Landscape, Photography Tips | 28/04/2013 14:00pm
    Photo Anatomy: using light to create artistic landscape photography

    In our new Sunday series on Digital Camera World, we select pictures by famous photographers and explain point by point what makes them work.

    In our latest instalment award-winning landscape photographer Antony Spencer reveals the artistic choices and photographic techniques he used to create this amazing landscape image.

    Photo Anatomy: black and white wildlife photography with instant impact

    | Photography Tips, Wildlife | 21/04/2013 14:00pm
    Photo Anatomy: black and white wildlife photography with instant impact

    In our new Sunday series on Digital Camera World, we select pictures by famous photographers and explain point by point what makes them work.

    In our latest instalment award-winning wildlife photographer Richard Peters reveals the techniques behind this striking black and white image of an owl.

    Photo Anatomy: revealing personality in celebrity portraits

    | Photography Tips, Portraits | 14/04/2013 00:01am
    Photo Anatomy: revealing personality in celebrity portraits

    In our new Sunday series on Digital Camera World, we select pictures by famous photographers and explain point by point what makes them work.

    In our latest instalment Robert Wilson tells us how he captured his penetrating portrait of actor Mark Rylance and how he aimed to reveal a different side to a well-known person.

    Photo Anatomy: how one of the web’s most viral images was made

    | Photography Tips | 07/04/2013 01:00am
    Photo Anatomy: how one of the web's most viral images was made

    In our new Sunday series on Digital Camera World, we select pictures by famous photographers and explain point by point what makes them work.

    In our latest instalment Seth Casteel tells us how he captured his extraordinary underwater dog portraits, which took the internet by storm overnight.

    13 ways famous landscape photographers make money from photography

    | Landscape, Photography Tips | 06/04/2013 00:01am
    13 ways famous landscape photographers make money from photography

    The life of famous landscape photographers can appear to be a glamorous mix of travelling to distant exotic photo locations, taking a few photos in glorious golden light, selling them onto international clients for a fortune before deciding where to travel to next!

    The reality is very different. But that doesn’t mean you can’t start living the dream now and selling a few of your best pics to magazines, publishers, calendar companies and more. They might even help you pay for your next lens!

    Professional Photographer to the Rescue: seaside sunset photography made easy

    | Landscape, Photography Tips | 05/04/2013 00:01am
    Professional Photographer to the Rescue: seaside sunset photography made easy

    In our latest Professional Photographer to the Rescue post our pro takes our apprentice on a quest to capture brilliant seaside sunset photography.

    Amazing Feet! Victorian photographer’s ‘foot prints’ hailed as historic discovery

    | News | 01/04/2013 01:00am
    Amazing Feet! Discovery of Victorian photographer's 'foot prints' hailed as historic

    The chance find of a hoard of Victorian photographs of ‘famous feet’ is being hailed as a discovery of great historic and artistic significance, as David Clark reports.