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

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

KATE KIRKMAN Food and weddings photographer https://createhub.uk

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…

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

Making a living from your camera is tough, but doable. Three photographers tell Geoff Harris how they are still able to profit from their passion...