August / September 2010
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June / July 2010
Inside this issue: Editing for success - Getting your portfolio right - with top tips from industry insiders. The F2 Profile is Julia Fullerton-Batten one of the very few UK based photographers who successfully maintains both a commercial and fine art practice. Sheffield based Nick Eagle is Starting Out, and Turning Pro Darryl Vides Kennedy speaks to David Land about his move from brand management to portraiture. In Licence To Sell CEO of Demotix, Turi Munthe, talks to Miranda Gavin. In The Business we talk to wedding & portrait photographer Elaine Bandele: one of a growing band of UK based photographers now shooting weddings internationally. Miranda also talks to Alistair Berg about his new book Dreams and Goals, just published to coincide with the World Cup.
In the Technical Department David Kilpatrick takes a look at the latest macro lenses from Sigma, Tamron and Sony.

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April / May 2010
Inside this issue: Is your web site really working hard enough for you? Featured social, wedding and maternity photographer Nikole Ramsay has confidence in hers, crediting it with gaining her the commission to shoot a Dubai royal wedding in 2009. Check out how web site savvy your site really is in Miranda Gavin's feature!

In the April/May F2 Profile editor David Land talks to music and fashion photography icon Perou. The Picture Editors talks to Aimee Shirley, picture editor of multi-award winning Sainsbury's Magazine. Licence To Sell this month concentrates on the Gazou library. Elisabeth Molin is Starting Out and plasterer turned photographer Jonathan Foulger is Turning Pro. In the technical department David Kilpatrick casts his gimlet eye over the HD functions of the Canon EOS1D MkIV and the Nikon D3S, while Rachel Mawdsley takes a look at Lightbox's latest update.

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December 2009 / January 2010
Inside this issue: In Virtual Presence we talk to top photographers in their fields about their use of websites, blogging, portfolios, cards, exhibiting and entering competitions

F2 Profile featured photographer is Harry Borden whose images in the National Portrait Gallery now run into hundreds

In The Business we catch up with Heidi Laughton, who was our Turning Pro feature way back in June 2007. Heidi is now living in Los Angeles, and working as an outdoor lifestyle and advertising photographer

Turning Pro is Kant Rathod, London-based freelance, who specialises in people in corporate and social environments, architecture, construction and travel  and Starting Out is Michael Whelan, winner of the AOP assistants award 2009 for his Ad-Sites Project

In the technical section David Kilpatrick takes a look at the17.9 megapixel Canon EOS 7D and the 14.2 megapixel Sony Alpha A550

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October / November 2009
Inside this issue: Achieving Memorability - how on earth to the great portraitists achieve such memorable portraits? This issue F2 gets tips from the very top, talking to internationally recognised portrait freelances: Harry Borden, Jillian Edelstein, Brian Griffin, Nadav Kandar, Alastair Thain and Albert Watson

In The Picture Editors, we talk to Dinah Lone, Group Art Editor of the Print and Packing Group at Haymarket Press about opportunities for the working freelance on trade titles.

F2 Profile featured photographer is New York based, award winning Israeli photojournalist Natan Dvir

Turning Pro is Dublin based Moira Sweeney who recently left a career in television to go full time freelance. Starting Out is Westminster graduate Sam Mellish who is now specialising in snow sports photography.

And in the technical department David Kilpatrick casts his forensic eye over the Olympus Pen Digital, the Sony Alpha 380 and the Nikon D3000

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August / September 2009
Inside this issue: Who Commissions What? looks at the market sectors open to the freelance: how to approach the editorial, trade, and corporate sectors.

The F2 Profile: Steve Pyke MBE, British born but now based in New York and portrait photographer for the prestigious New Yorker magazine

The Picture Editors: exclusive interview with Judy Skidmore, EMAP’s group art editor for public sector titles Nursing Times, Local Government Chronicle and Health Service Journal

Starting Out: is Falmouth graduate Ali Burns
Turning Pro: is Snooty Fox - duo Meriet Takach and Leo Holden whose photography hobbies have turned into careers
Licence to Sell: Sussex-based picture library ppl media, which specialises in coast to coast travel, water sports and sub-aqua.
Hardware: David Kilpatrick compares the Canon EOS 500D with the Nikon D5000 and we look at Drobo storage systems

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June / July 2009:  THIS ISSUE IS NOW SOLD OUT
Inside this issue: Perfect Pitch - major feature on getting results from cold calling and pitching to new clients

Exclusive Interview with Sunday Times Magazine Picture Editor Monica Allende

The F2 Profile: George Logan - top advertising photographer George Logan talks to David Land

Starting Out: Westminster student Daniele Tamagni's first book is just published
Turning Pro: Aidan Dockery went a little further than some to start his business - we talk to him about the trials and triumphs of basing a photography business in Hanoi
Licence to Sell: featured picture library this issue is ARENAPAL
Hardware: Profoto DI Studio Lighting kit, SIGMA 18-250 OS, Canon 18-200 IS

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April / May 2009
Inside this issue: Getting your foot in the door at the Guardian.

Exclusive interview with Guardian Picture Editor Roger Tooth.

The F2 Profile: Rankin - Leading British portrait and fashion photographer talks about how he started out, his latest project Rankin Live, and his experience of 20 years at the top of the profession.
Starting out: Stephen JB Kelly
Turning Pro: Rupert Jefferson
Licence to Sell: is nature picture library Picture Nature
Hardware: Tamron 10-24mm and 70-200mm lenses and Canon EOS 50D

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February / March 2009
Inside this issue: First steps in band photography

Exclusive interview with New Musical Express Picture Editor Marian Paterson

The F2 Profile: Tim Flach - At the top of the advertising tree one animal photographer reigns supreme. Whether an art director is commissioning imagery of a dog, an elephant, or a bat the job almost inevitably falls at the feet of Tim Flach.
Starting out: Toby Smith
Turning Pro: Alison Baskerville
Licence to Sell: is sport picture library Prosport
Hardware: Sony Alpha 900, Nikon D3X and Canon EOS5D Mk II

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December / January 2009
Inside this issue: PHOTOGRAPHERS' BOOKS - every photographer wants a book, but only a few get into print. Ironically it's rarely the idea that leads to a publisher's rejection note. In this issue we take an in depth, practical look at how to avoid the howlers of approaching a publisher and get your idea on the fast track towards book shop shelves!

The F2 Profile: Robert Wilson
Starting out: Greg Funnell
Turning Pro: Centaur Photographic
Licence to Sell: is interiors, food and travel picture library Narratives
Hardware: Nikon D90

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October / November 2008
Inside this issue: MOVING TO LONDON GRADUATE GUIDE. The vast majority of UK editorial photography is commissioned from London and London photographers as a result get the biggest slice of the work. In this issue we provide a practical, insider's guide to moving to London to kick start a career in freelance photography!

The F2 Profile: Alastair Thain
Starting out: Frankie Finch
Turning Pro: Adrian McNiece
Licence to Sell: Ardea picture agency - specialising in images of wildife, pets and the natural environment
Hardware: Nikon D700, Sony Alpha 900

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