Digital Camera Magazine

Digital Camera is the definitive guide to digital SLR photography and will show you how to improve any digital photo. It’s packed with practical photography advice and Photoshop tutorials to help you become a better digital photographer. With buying advice to help you choose the DSLR, compact system camera, lens, tripod, printer, or camera bag that’s right for you, it covers all DSLRs including Canon EOS/Rebel and Nikon systems. The perfect title for both amateur and pro photographers

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Kaylee Greer • The award-winning dog photographer is using the power of the medium to help find owners for long-term shelter dogs across the USA. Niall Hampton finds out more

Photo Active • 10 things you can shoot, edit and create this month, from the moon to castles and fossils

The art of seeing • Mediating on cherry blossoms in Japan, Benedict Brain makes a pretty picture…

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Hotshots • Our selection of the Top 100 images from the Close-up Photographer of the Year Awards 2024

BEST-EVER LANDSCAPES • Capture sensational scenics every time, with 10 expert tips from James Paterson that will help you plan for landscape perfection

1 FOCUS STACK YOUR IMAGES • For supreme sharpness across the whole frame, try experimenting with your camera’s focus stacking feature

2 SEEK OUT ATMOSPHERE • Keep track of weather forecasts and get to know the right conditions for atmospheric landscapes

3 BLUR WITH PURPOSE • Learn how to enhance your landscapes with silky motion blur – for this technique you’ll need a tripod and a neutral density filter

4 HOW AND WHEN TO USE HDR • Overcome tricky conditions by shooting bracketed sequences and merging them in software for greater dynamic range

5 CRACK THE COMPOSITION • Learn how to arrange points of interest such as landmarks and distant details for a stronger image

6 POINT OF INTEREST • Make one detail the champion of your shot

7 SHOOT MOODY SCENES AT TWILIGHT • The blue hour is one of the most magical times to capture moody outdoor scenery

8 PLAY WITH TIME • Combine photos taken at different times of the day to make the most of the changing conditions

9 PLOT OUT THE SUN • While you can achieve this in-camera, Photoshop layers and blending modes can generate arty effects from a single shot

10 GO LARGE WITH MORE DETAIL • Stitch panoramas for greater resolution to create huge murals

CAMERA CLININC • Master the art of modern photography

Get the knowledge • Set projects in a range of difficulty levels

Struggling for project ideas? • Suggestions to get your ‘seeing eye’ working

Pros and cons Photo projects • Dreaming up project ideas isn’t always easy

Shoot photos like a pro • Your best photographs deserve a quality finish

Reader gallery • Digital Camera readers show how they’ve been getting creative, submitting images across a range of genres

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Digital Darkroom • Transform your photos with our easy, effective guides

Put yourself in the frame • James Paterson discovers just how good Photoshop’s Frame tool is for crafting composite images and artwork

How to create luscious lips • Sean McCormack demonstrates how to retouch your portrait photos in Lightroom with this four-step masterclass

Apply stylised high-contrast effects • James Abbott cranks up the contrast for an eye-catching stylised effect in Photoshop

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