It’s January 2012 and the latest issue of PhotoComment magazine in the new year is live on the site and just hitting stores around the country. You can read the online version here. Hit read more if you want a summary of what is inside and to find the nearest stockist head on over the lists page here.
In case you have missed the updates on our Facebook Page or Twitter, the November issue of PhotoComment magazine is now out on the counters and shelves of photographic retailers, colleges and clubs across the country. You can also check it out online. We are pleased to announce that the magazine is now in testing for the iPad. If you would like to try it out please use this link but be aware it is still in testing, though we would like your feedback.
Before we dive inside this issue, please accept my apologies for the several typos that crept into this edition. There were more distractions and interuptions than usual in October which had a major impact on our deadline and with a slight bit of dislexia on my side there were some spelling mistakes that slipped through to print which should not have. I promise to be more “Discilpined” in future 
sorry Eric Palmer.
It just dawned on me that we did not share that the October issue of PhotoComment Magazine is live here on the site and is also in stores. We were a day or two late so perhaps in the rush this post slipped through the cracks. Be sure to check out the October issue and hopefully be inspired by the great portfolios and tutorials. Remember you can also find a listing of stores stocking the magazine here.
The September issue of the magazine is live you can jump straight into the magazine. The cover is by Torben Geve who is a Danish based photographer and is this month’s Pro Portfolio feature on Page 8.
After a slight hiccup the August 2011 issue of the magazine is now live and while we don’t like to brag here, we do feel its the best issue of the magazine to date. The fantastic cover is an image by Student Portfolio photographer Jessica MacLeod. A Vega student who recently scooped top honours at the Andalusian Centre of Photography and Al Tarab 4th PhotoAfrica Contest. Read on for a summary of what is inside or just jump straight into the magazine. Jessica’s portfolio is on Page 14.
The July 2011 issue of PhotoComment Magazine is live on our site as well as hitting the shelves of stockists throughout this week. Here is a breakdown of what you can find inside. Don’t forget you can buy a postage paid subscription of the print magazine if they running off of shelves faster than you can get to them.
Meet The New Editor
You may have seen his portfolio and cover image in the April 2011 issue, and last month his image was on the cover again following his review of the Fujifilm Finepix X100. This issue is the first of what we hope to be many more for Armani Quintas our new magazine editor. From this founding father, a big “Welcome Aboard”.
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The June issue of PhotoComment Magazine is out. You can either get to your local stockist for the print version or you can read it right here on PhotoComment.net.
Here is a taste of what to expect in this issue.
- We feature Catherine Hall in our Pro Portfolio, a wedding photographer from America who talks to us about what it is like to be a pro photographer and gives advice on how to survive in the business.
- Tamara James a Student from VEGA is featured in our Student Portfolio, find out what inspires her.
- Our reader’s portfolio this month is by Mack Magagane
- The reader’s portfolio for the July issue will be sponsored by Outdoor Photo, a Wacom BambooTouch is up for grabs check page 29 for details of how to submit your portfolio.
- Armani Quintas reviews the Fuji X100 which was used to shoot the cover of this issue, a more in depth review of the X100 is available here.
- We also review the Sony H70
- Plus all the regular features
With the June issue having just gone to print I realized that we did not post what was in the May issue. We reviewed the Sony Cyber-shot WX-1, Nissin DI-622 Mk II. There were reviews galore and a report on the local HTC launch event from a photographic point of view. Below are summaries of some the articles or you can click straight through to the issue.
The March issue of PhotoComment is live online and will be hitting stores in Johannesburg and Pretoria over the next two days with other regions getting theirs later this week. Here is the amazing thing about this issue, it marks the 2nd anniversary of PhotoComment Magazine, hard to believe it perhaps but its true, we are officially two – even thought this is the forth issue in print.
So what can you expect inside the March issue of the magazine? Read on in this post or check it out right away.
Just to let you know that the Google Map with our stockists of the magazine has been updated. You should be able to find the magazine in these stores each month.
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We have been overwhelmed at the response to the launch of PhotoComment Magazine in print just over a month ago. As you know we have tried to get the magazine out as far and wide as we possibly can but even then its not possible to get it everywhere.
With this in mind – and encouraging emails from you our readers – we have launched a subscription offer for PhotoComment’s print magazine to cater to both South African and international readers.
You can subscribe for one year by clicking on the SHOP tab at the top and adding to cart the R120.00 South African subscription or the R360.00 (approximately US$50.00 at time of writing) for the international subscription.
You will see that there is no charge for the actual magazine, the cost is purely to cover packaging and postage of the magazine each month.
We hope this helps those of you looking for the magazine in hard copy and struggling to get it in a store near you. We may even run a subscriber competition or give away soon – don’t worry you don’t have to wait till then to subscribe and qualify, you will be eligible for the duration of your subscription.
If you haven’t been following us on Twitter, the January 2011 edition is our second edition to go to print and is already in stores in Johannesburg and Pretoria. Cape Town should have it next week. In the mean time, here is a map listing all the stores with the January edition so far. It makes it a bit easier than trying to type out a list with addresses etc. You can also read the latest issue online as it has been since day one.
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After launching as the first online flip page photography magazine of its kind in South Africa in March 2009, PhotoComment will from the 1st December 2010 be available in print as a free publication through several photographic retailers and colleges.
“There is no doubt in my mind that some may consider this a step backwards” said PhotoComment’s founder, Tristan Hall. “The decision to move to print was not one we rushed into. There had been calls from several areas to consider PhotoComment going to print due to the nature of its content being image related as well as certain limits that still exist for many potential readers in broadband Internet connectivity.”
It is with great pleasure we bring you the latest issue of PhotoComment Magazine. 
In this issue we look at the work of Rob Smit our Student Portfolio featured this month, he is studying photography through Getpix and his work is great and he has a bright future in photography. We learn about painting with light to create drama in our technique feature. A reader takes us on his first journey with a Holga, plus the latest new from Photokina.
As usual we love to hear your commments. Please leave them below or mail us at magazine@photocomment.net.
Sep 112010
It is finally here! Due to some technical problems this issue was unable to go live in August as it should
have. We have taken the extra time to get some more great content to bring you a great issue of PhotoComment Magazine. Our apologies for the delay.
In this issue:
The Feature this month is Mental Resolution. We have been following the adventures of fancyblithe as she has embarked on a Photography course as a complete novice, in this article she wraps up with her overall impressions of the course and photography and we get to she some of the work she has produced.
We feature Cas Pretorious from Camera Club as our Reader’s Portfolio.
We report back on the Worldwide Photo Walk.
We review the Nikon S8000, Nikons Ultra zoom Compact Digital Camera.
Lisa Solonynko teaches us how to take great photographs of Smoke.
We also have our regular features including Scoop, Editors Comment and Final Comment.
Click here to read this issue.
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