The art of seeing

While photographing lifesavers, Benedict Brain stumbles into a new potential long-term project

For more interesting portraits, take a direct approach and ask your subject for a shot

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Alíz Kovács-Zöldi considers…

When everything comes together, there’s no better feeling, as Michael Topham experienced in Croatia

Here are the top ten images uploaded to Photocrowd from Round One, Black & White, with comments by the AP team and our guest judges