Make a tesla vortograph

From Lensbaby optics to binoculars and sandals, 27 photographers talk to CUPOTY co-founder Tracy Calder about their go-to gear for prize-winning close-up pictures

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Times are changing at the world’s biggest bike race. For most of us watching at home, the more fans, the more razzmatazz, the more hullaballoo the better. The carefully distilled passion fills up our

Our favourite photos posted by readers on our social media channels this week

Each round, we shine a spotlight on a selection of excellent entries from the many camera clubs that enter APOY

A new book of bird photography celebrates not only the avian world, but the photographers using creative techniques to produce original artworks, from characterful studio portraits to eye-catching abstracts, writes Graeme Green