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In the “Favourite Locations” articles we will be asking photographers to tell us about a particular location that they simply love to photograph. It might be a small, local site that only a few people know about, or a huge expanse that requires some expert knowledge to get the best out of. It doesn’t matter whether it’s within walking distance or a day’s plane flight away; it’s all about the location, location, location. Here, Royston Wake tells us about some of his favourite places in Snowdonia, North Wales.

Perhaps the toughest assignment for any photographer is the personal project, sometimes referred to as a photo essay (though essays are slightly different). Often open-ended, or at least lasting several months or even years, the client (the photographer) is rarely entirely happy with the results and the pay is usually terrible.

Earlier this year we gave away a day-long photography workshop with Tony Pick to the winner of January’s WEX Gallery competition (see the winning shot here). I was fortunate enough to be invited along to meet Peter, the winner, and hopefully learn a thing or two as well. As Tony’s workshops are bespoke, Peter chose to cover a bit of everything across the day: portraiture, landscape photography and an overview of Adobe Lightroom.

Producing and selling a calendar has become an increasingly popular way of raising funds for and awareness of worthwhile charities across the world. As such, many photographers are finding themselves asked by friends or family to shoot the images for these calendars. In this interview I spoke to pro photographer Tony Read about his involvement in a charity calendar and some of the challenges he faced shooting it.

We are pleased to announce this very exciting six-part webinar series with multi-award winning photographer Uzair Kharawala of SF Digital Photography / SF Photo School. Each session will run for 60 minutes – that’s 360 minutes of high quality tuition in the comfort of your own home!

In my opinion Jane Bown is one of the most influential British female photographers of the twentieth century. In Europe, she would be lauded as the great photographer she is, but sadly here in the UK we don’t seem to recognise that greatness in our own photographers and it seems few people have even heard of Jane Bown, a good reason to feature her work here.

In the “Why I love my…” articles we will be asking photographers to tell us about a specific piece of equipment that they have developed a strong bond with and whose presence has improved their photographic experiences. Here, Mark Stephenson tells us why he loves his Canon EF 135mm f2 L USM Lens.

In the “Favourite Locations” articles we will be asking photographers to tell us about a particular location that they simply love to photograph. It might be a small, local site that only a few people know about, or a huge expanse that requires some expert knowledge to get the best out of. It doesn’t matter whether it’s within walking distance or a day’s plane flight away; it’s all about the location, location, location. Here, Ben Weeks tells us about Baconsthorpe castle in Norfolk and why it is one of his favourite places to photograph.

Antonin Kratochvil is not a name that rolls off the tongue very easily, or a name that many people have heard of, which is why I’ve selected him. His images manage to convey a lot more about the subject than you might expect from this style, and it’s these qualities that make him so different to the usual studio images we know and love and a real breath of fresh air for me whenever I look at them.

In the “Why I love my…” articles we will be asking photographers to tell us about a specific piece of equipment that they have developed a strong bond with and whose presence has improved their photographic experiences. It might be a near perfect combination of form and function that is to be put up on a pedestal and worshipped, or a flawed and challenging device that requires a fair bit of effort to wrangle the best out of, but whose companionship is essential. Here, Ben Weeks tells us why he loves his Lowepro DryZone 100 backpack.