Capture

Capture is Australia's top selling professional photography magazine. The bi-monthly publication covers all facets of the professional photography industry, in particular equipment, marketing, training, pricing, finance and rights management. Capture's mission is to help professional photographers stay informed and up-to-date, to help them grow their business and develop their careers. Capture also showcases the latest photography and editing products, equipment and techniques from Australia’s best known companies and trend-setters. It reaches the whole photographic community, including editorial, advertising, wedding, photojournalism, events, fashion and portrait photographers, plus assistants and aspiring students

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For better or for worse • For some people, the idea of working with your romantic partner triggers horror. For others, it’s ideal. Strangely perhaps, it’s more common in wedding photography than in other genres. The couples below explain why they paired up in business and how they make it work. Candide McDonald reports.

Lessons from the pandemic • If you think of crises as tests, then buckling under their weight is not an option. Tests make you stronger. COVID has been a mighty crisis. Four photographers from different genres share the tests they endured. And conquered. Candide McDonald reports.

Bulletproof your business • Any commissioned job can go wrong. Wedding photography is particularly vulnerable. Bride, groom, and family will have invested vast amounts of emotion into the event and there will undoubtedly be a gaggle of “reviewers”. Few freelance businesses have plump buffers between success and demise, but experience is an ally. Here is the gift of four photographers’ experience. Candide McDonald reports.

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Everything is black & white • Living in a world awash with colour but shooting and producing images in black and white not only allows one to experience the world in an entirely different light, but, as those interviewed reveal, it also provides an opportunity to shift one’s artistic expression. Sophia Hawkes shares valuable insights.