Photography is a very varied medium - providing the means to bring us heart rending pictures of news events at one moment and the ability to capture heart-stirring artistic images of beauty at another - all the while of course, for many families, it provides the most important means of giving substance to our memories. In this article Peter and Derek Madeley take a photo-essay approach to a project on a recent visit to South Africa.

Mike Busselle discusses the changes to stock photography and the impact of digitizing and digital images.

Photographic techniques are common to many forms of photography - but particular techniques are used by some photographic disciplines more than others. Max Earey discusses the importance of shutter speeds in sports photography.

Jon Bower shows us the benefits of photographing locally - where you know the best shots, the best angles and can get their in the best light.

Malcolm Birkitt heads for the city for the highest concentration of buildings and describes the best approaches for those dynamic cityscape images.

David Chapman explores the cold damp woodland in search of woodpeckers - February is a great time to see and photograph these somewhat elusive birds.

Steve Lewis visits Northumberland - England's most northerly county with its stunning coast - a mecca for landscape photographers with its castles. Abbeys and beautiful coastline.

David Chapman takes a look at what is out and about during March and outlines his strategies for photographing pheasant that display at this time of the year.