Happy New Year – let’s hope it’s a good one! And it will have got off to a great start if you found yourself unboxing a camera on Christmas Day. If this is your first step into the wonderful world of digital photography, then help is at hand – our Camera Crash Course (p60) covers all the basics, whether you are the proud owner of a new DSLR or a mirrorless. And if you need some inspiration on what to shoot with it, we have this covered, too, with some terrific new projects in Photo Active (p16) and Stay at Home (p43). You’ll also learn a lot from the work of the two top pros featured in this issue: Christy Lee Rogers (p10) and Rankin (p132). Elsewhere this month, read our verdicts on two exciting new cameras, Fujifilm’s X-S10 (p114) and Leica’s Q2 Monochrom (p118), plus Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro Max (p124) – a smartphone that is clearly targeted at photographers. And to all our UK subscribers, we are now shipping your copies in paper envelopes instead of plastic bags – good news for the planet. Enjoy the issue.