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If you’re planning to enter our Urban Life round, which launches next week, take these tips from four of last year’s top ten photographers

As well as working on a weekly magazine, running a website and our social media platforms, we’re often out taking photos, whether for gear reviews or just for pure enjoyment outside of work. Here’s a selection of our favourite photos taken in 2025

Andy Westlake assesses a unique telephoto lens for extreme close-up photography

Below: ‘The Roubaix finish line is different to other races. You can’t be straight on because there are still riders doing laps of the track. I’d only arrived about four minutes before winner Pauline

John Wade reviews a strangely eccentric British-made camera