Photography Monthly Podcast 14

Photography Monthly editor Grant Scott and assistant editor Sean Samuels talk about the art of taking a successful portrait. This month’s contributor Martin Middlebrook talks about the future of street photography and why he fell in love with the Sony Cyber-shot HX5, and new regular contributor Crash Taylor talks about his photography blog and his new column explaining the secrets behind great images.

Win a copy of Carleton Watkins in Yosemite

Carleton E Watkins was one of the first photographers to capture the beauty of the Yosemite Valley in California. He produced almost 700 photographs of the region from 1858. This hardback book contains 49 of his large-format photographs from the collection of the J Paul Getty Museum, including images of the Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia trees, pristine views from the Merced river and stunning images of El Capitan, Half Dome, Bridalveil Fall, Cathedral Rocks and the Three Brothers. The introduction to the book is by Weston Naef, the senior curator in the Department of Photographs at the J Paul Getty Museum.

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In this month’s special podcast, Grant speaks with our Lighting Master Neil Turner about his career as a photographer and how to use all forms of light to achieve creative images and beautiful portraits. This podcast will be available on 19th April.

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