Amateur Photographer

23/07/2025

Congratulations to James Kelly-Smith for being selected as this week's Picture of the Week with 'Saefern #2', a beautiful aerial shot of River Severn’s riverbed at low tide!
James Kelly-Smith Photography
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22/07/2025

Last chance to enter our competition to win Festival of Outdoor Photography: Documentary tickets! You have until Thursday 24th July and it's free to enter: https://r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/5D8F-IMD?pfredir=1

22/07/2025

New issue on sale!

* It’s refreshing to get a completely new camera, with outside-the-box thinking – this week our in-depth test is of the Fujifilm X half, a ‘digital half-frame’ compact. Plus, we test the Lumix S 24-60mm F2.8

* We find out how you can harness Wes Anderson’s style and Claire Macdonald shares her healing journey

* The fourth round of International Amateur Photographer of the Year, Landscapes, is now open for entries! Get your code for a free bonus entry.

Get your copy: https://shop.kelsey.co.uk/single-issue/amateur-photographer-magazine

22/07/2025

The fourth round of International Amateur Photographer of the Year 2025 is open for entries! Theme is LANDSCAPES. You have until 18th August 2025 to enter.

There are few greater pleasures than being out in the landscape with a camera. More than almost any other category, landscape is about light. Good light – whether it’s the sun bursting through a dramatic cloud formation, or the soft illumination that comes just before dawn – can lift an ordinary scene to something spectacular.

The competition is open to all amateur* photographers around the world. Our Young Amateur Photographer of the Year category is open to photographers aged 21 and under - and free to enter!

Your guest judge for this round is award-winning landscape photographer Quintin Lake!

Submit your entries here: https://www.photocrowd.com/photo-competitions/photography-awards/apoy-2025
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🏆️ Prizes 🏆️
Over $35,000 / £26,000 worth of prizes are up for grabs - and you have a chance to win in every round! Kindly provided by our headline sponsor Camera Centre UK, plus ViewSonic UK Bob Books, DxO and The School of Photography!
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*‘Amateur’ in this context means photography is your hobby, and not your primary source of income.
📷 Matteo Strassera, 1st place in Amateur Photographer of the Year 2024 Landscape round.

21/07/2025

You have until 28 July 2025 to submit your photos to this year's Abbey Road Music Photography Awards!

Steve Fairclough spoke to three top music photographers about their favourite images and their best tips for shooting music and entering competitions: https://amateurphotographer.com/latest/photo-news/abbey-road-music-photography-awards-how-to-shoot-great-music-pictures/

📷 Coldplay Glastonbury 2024
📷 The Verve, A Northern Soul, 1994
️📷 Oasis: Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher, 2001

All images by Scarlet Page

21/07/2025

Which camera brand is the coolest?

Jon Stapley shares his ranking:

We all argue about who makes the best cameras – but which brand makes the coolest ones? Jon Stapley aims to settle the question once and for all.

20/07/2025

Can Coolpix make Nikon cool again? Gavin Stoker wonders if now is the time for Nikon to jump back into the compact camera market, with the Coolpix brand:

Gavin Stoker wonders if now is the time for Nikon to jump back into the compact camera market, with the Coolpix brand

19/07/2025

The Canon EOS 5DS R is still Canon's highest-resolution camera. Why can't Canon make a camera now to match this high-resolution DSLR monster? See what Matty Graham thinks: https://amateurphotographer.com/latest/opinion/why-cant-canon-make-a-camera-now-to-match-this-high-resolution-dslr-monster/

18/07/2025

Carol Allen-Storey is an award-winning documentary photographer specialising in humanitarian and social issues. Her approach is deeply empathetic and collaborative, ensuring her subjects’ voices are authentically represented.

On Saturday 9th August she will discuss her work photographing issues affecting women and children around the world for NGOs such as The Elton John AIDS Foundation, UNICEF, Save the Children, Comic Relief and International Alert.

Plus, her decade long personal project, documenting three heroic women who are raising severely disabled children, and how such personal work can amplify your practice as both a professional and an amateur.

Get a ticket to Carol's talk, or an all-day access pass now. Our flash sale ends Monday 21st July! https://www.kelsey.events/FestivalofPhotographyDocumentary #/?affl=apsocialmedia
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Festival of Photography: Documentary
Royal Geographical Society, London
Saturday 9 August
📷️ Carol Allen-Storey

18/07/2025

Having previously owned the Sony RX1R II, Dan Mold reckons the new Sony RX1R III could be the perfect upgrade. But it doesn't come cheap! See what he thinks about it: https://amateurphotographer.com/latest/opinion/i-owned-the-sony-rx1r-ii-and-sold-it-the-rx1r-iii-is-almost-the-perfect-upgrade/
📷️ Sony

18/07/2025

This September, join the Royal Geographical Society for Summit Photo – a brand-new event exploring how photography can help address the world’s most urgent environmental and humanitarian challenges.

Hear from leading voices in photography, exploration and policy, including world-renowned National Geographic photographer Frans Lanting, Pulitzer Prize-winner Marissa Roth, Oxfam UK’s Halima Begum, and many more.

Summit Photo will take place in London from 26-28 September, with livestream tickets available so you can join from anywhere in the world!

Book your tickets now and see the full line-up 🎟️ https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/summit-photo-2025

📷 © Esther Horvath

18/07/2025

Final chance to enter the Close-Up and Details category of International Amateur Photographer of the Year! Submit your photography before 11:59pm On Monday 21st July:
https://www.photocrowd.com/photo-competitions/photography-awards/apoy-2025/
📷 ️Stephanie Chadwick