Suggested Magazines

<p>I asked recently on this forum for some suggestions on blogs and got some great ones. Now I'm onto wanting to subscribe to a good magazine that focuses less on equipment, and more on digital photography (general) techniques, and also processing techniques (lightroom, silver fx pro...).<br>

I found https://phototechmag.com/ but to my disappointment, they just published their last issue. They are converting current subscribers to http://www.digitalphotopro.com/ and I may very well subscribe to that one, although they don't have an iTunes compatible format (which would be nice, as well as the hard copy).<br>

Any other recommendations?<br>

Thanks in advance.<br>

Nick</p>

<p><strong>years ago I read all the photo mags. modern pop petersons and camera 35.</strong><br>

<strong>when modern folden I satuck with pop for a while.<br /></strong><br>

<strong>and gave up subscribing as there was no substansial content.<br /></strong><br>

<strong>slick colorful. but as serious as current tv fare.<br /></strong><br>

<strong>keppler once referred to " the dry rot in camera books"<br /></strong><br>

<strong>I think this applies to all camera magazines.<br /></strong><br>

<strong>I might investuigate oe if the UK magazines.<br /></strong><br>

<strong>My limited experience indicates they are more serious and less flify and air-headed thatn pop photo.<br /></strong><br>

<strong>Possibly someone who is intelligent has arrived on the scene.<br /></strong><br>

<strong>AND THE NEWEST POP PHOTO MAY HAVE SOMETYHING OTHERT THAN A HIGH PRTICER.<br /></strong><br>

<strong>( AGAIN i HAVE TROUBLE SEEING THE KEYUS)<br /></strong></p>

<p>I'm going to ignore [in a nice way :) ] your requirements and suggest you get a subscription to Lenswork Magazine (digital or print) or the digital version of Lenswork Extended. I'm particular to the print version of Lenswork simply because of how high the quality of the printing is, but Lenswork Extended offers a ton of content and is quite compelling.</p>

<p>http://www.lenswork.com/index2.html</p>

Honestly, I've found much more value in classes and forums than any of the magazines I've read. That way you can take a class or get

info from people on specific things you want to learn. I sometimes go to magazine websites to read equipment reviews, but that's about it.

Also, check your local library. Ours offers online access through Zinio to read many magazines for free, current issues, and there are

several photo magazines.

<p>I recently starting buying Digital Camera World. It is a British magazine, and each month there is a nice balance between photography techniques, photoshop/elements tutorials, and gear reviews.<br>

<a href="http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/">http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/</a></p>

I often go through a bunch of magazines at Barnes and Noble. Only occasionally I purchase a magazine

because at best there may be one or two articles of interest. In the long run, I find much more

interesting/useful information in books. I find a subscription of two years may approach the cost of a

book and still there is much more useful information in a good book.

I've subscribed to numerous magazines over the years. After awhile you accumulate a huge pile of magazines. How do

you go back and find an old article? Unless you cut it out or create a database to the articles, it is an exercise in futility. That said, if I were to find a magazine that had just a few articles of interest per issue, I would subscribe. That just has not happened yet.

My suggestion is, go check a well stocked bookstore for magazines and if you find nothing of great

interest, check the books. Books are not cluttered with advertisements. Nothing is worse than reading an

article which is continued on page such and such, but you cant find that page easily because it is

unnumbered and stuck somewhere between adds. Which would you prefer...watching a 2 hour movie on

TV that takes 3 hours because of commercials, or a DVD without interruptions?

There is one magazine I buy, but is directed toward nature in particular, often with great articles on

technique: NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER. The ads do not intrude and in fact I do enjoy the ads. Highly

recommended for the outdoors photographer

<p>Don't forget that if you subscribe to Photo.net, you get a free one year subscription to Popular Photography.</p>

The set of four Scott Kelby books on digital photography are great resources and straightforward to read. get a few copies

of Vogue and Harpers Bazaar and just study the layouts and lighting and everything. Get two basic books on pencil

drawing and study them.

<p>Photography books are great! Every once in a while I'll order a pile of photography books from Amazon, and find that I'll learn quite a lot. But, magazines? I used to spend $30 on magazines every time I flew out of an airport! Now, I subscribe to NextIssue. For $9.99/month, you get all the magazines you want (of the three affiliated publishers' offerings) on your iPad/iPhone, Android, or Windows 8 mobile device. Also, they're not "web" versions, they contain all the content of the print versions (and, more), even the ads, and look exactly like their print counterparts. They currently only offer two photo magazines, but here's a <em>sampling</em> (I'm actually subscribed to more than what's listed here) of most of everything I'm currently subscribed to, and have automatically downloaded to my tablet every month:</p>

<p>Photography:</p>

<p><em>Popular Photography</em><br /> <em>Shutterbug</em><br /> <br /> General Interest:</p>

<p><em><em><em>Backpacker (gorgeous photography)</em></em></em><br /> <em><em>Bon Appetit</em></em><br /> <em><em>Car and Driver</em></em><br /> <em><em>Conde Nast Traveler</em></em><br /> <em><em><em>Consumer Reports</em></em></em><br /> <em><em><em>Dwell</em></em></em><br /> <em><em>Motor Trend</em></em><br /> <em><em>PC Magazine</em></em><br /> <em>Popular Mechanics</em><br /> <em>Popular Science</em><br /> <em>Ski (amazing photos)</em><br /> <em>Surfer (more super photos)</em><br /> <em>Wired</em></p>

<p>Fashion:</p>

<p><em>Allure</em><br /> <em>Brides</em><br /> <em>Cosmopolitan</em><br /> <em>Elle</em><br /> <em>Flare</em><br /> <em>Glamour</em><br /> <em>InStyle</em><br /> <em>Harper's Bazaar</em><br /> <em>LouLou</em><br /> <em>Lucky</em><br /> <em>Marie Claire</em><br /> <em>Mujer</em><br /> <em>People StyleWatch</em><br /><em>Vogue</em><br /><em>W</em></p>

<p><em>plus many more . . .</em></p>

<p>I really like the UK magazine <strong>Digital SLR Photography</strong> (digital version available via Zinio http://gb.zinio.com/www/browse/product.jsp?rf=sch&productId=500618340). I "subbed" to the print version through a book shop here in HK but will be switching to the digital version when I finally get a tablet.<br>

They do review kit but the bulk of the magazine is made up of images, techniques, tutorials and projects.<br>

Reader submitted images get commented on by the staff/pros,<br />they have regular "How to" articles, <br />pro challenges (a couple of pros are challenged to take interesting photos of eggs - or whatever oddity they can think of that month) - readers can submit their versions of these.<br />Regular Lightroom/Photoshop/PSE columns </p>

<p>I think many of the current British magazines and <em>Popular Photography</em> and <em>American Photo</em> meet your criterion for non-technical coverage; but, sadly, the day of the photography magazines seems to be coming to an end.</p>

<p>I confess that I never found the artistic discussions in the magazines of much use, and they tended to recycle the same beginner article/subjects over a two-year or less period. ("Sam, it's time again for the portrait-lighting article.")</p>

<p>My favorite, and still most useful in my collections of old magazines, magazines were precisely the wonderful technical treatments under Herbert Keppler's leadership at <em>Modern</em> and then at <em>Popular</em>. We shall never see their like on paper again, I suspect.</p>

<p>I <em><strong>highly</strong> </em>recommend the digital photography magazines from <a href="http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/photography/">Future Publishing</a>. This is a British publisher, and most of their photography magazines are available on the newsstand at larger retailers, such as Barnes & Noble.</p>

<p><em>Digital Photography Magazine</em> is the generalist, gear agnostic publication. <em>PhotoPlus</em> is directed at Canon shooters, while <em>NPhoto</em> is for Nikonians. All three have similar structures:</p>

<ul>

<li>Help from a Pro: a "regular Joe" goes out shooting with a pro in an effort to improve some type of shooting (weddings, portraits, wildlife, car racing, etc.)</li>

<li>Gear information and comparison tests: they will pick a "best on test" and a "best value" in most cases.</li>

<li>Help me buy a... : Gets a pro together with another "regular Joe" and selects a particular piece of kit (flash, lens, printer, light modifier, etc.)</li>

<li>How to set up and use your camera </li>

<li>How to do post-processing (they come with CDs containing the examples)</li>

</ul>

<p>The best part with <em>PhotoPlus</em> and <em>NPhoto</em> is that they stay true to their respective brands, which comes in very handy when they're talking about camera settings, etc.</p>

<p>They're not cheap ($14-15 on the newsstand, $99/year for 13 issues), but the content is well worth the cost. I quickly found the current incarnation of <em>PopPhoto</em> to be pretty bland, and lacking in the practical application articles I was looking for.</p>

<p>Definitely get a sample issue. I've been a happy subscriber to PhotoPlus for three years now, and it keeps getting better!</p>

If you are after developing your photographic skills, then get Lens Work and B+W Photography (UK

magazine). If all you care about is photo editor controls, then I think magazines are a near total waste of

money (given their pricing, repetitious content, limited focus etc.). Get some books books instead, so you

can follow through from one topic to another and back again within same pub.