The best of character portraits

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

The APOY judges choose their favourite images that didn’t make the top ten of our Black & White category

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Alíz Kovács-Zöldi considers…

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

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