“a new year carries with it a sense of excitement about what the next 12 months will bring”

We love moaning. The raw file won’t open, the firmware update wiped your settings. But spare a thought for the early adopters – when digital photography meant ghostly battery life, media cards that could barely hold a lunch break, colours that made everything look a bit ill. Peter Dench hears from top shooters about those early frustrations and breakthroughs, and adds his own…

Avoid the Instagram hotspots and go off the beaten track to reveal more interesting images of your visit

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Wildlife photography isn’t all about attention-grabbing species, writes Rob Read

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Animal portrait specialist Tim Flach captivated the audience ...