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Sarah Bowman Photographer Always learning something new after

Your digital content

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Home studios are where the art is

David Shoukry works from a purpose-built studio next to his house. Niall Hampton discovers how David creates his distinctive editorial portraiture

Photo Active

10 things to shoot, edit or create this month, including urban memoryscapes and a collection of lighthouses

STAY AT HOME PHOTOGRAPHY

Keep calm and camera on with our guide to projects you can complete indoors

1 Capture oil to produce awesome artworks

Roddy Llewellyn shows you how to produce impressive results on a budget

GET STARTED CREATE A COLOURFUL ABSTRACT

Capture your very own oil painting in just three simple steps

2 Get creative indoors with a lensball

This popular photographic accessory uses light refraction to invert images. But you can also use it as a faux macro lens for distinctive results, says Bruce Malcolm

3 How to prepare your photos for printing

As an unusual year comes to an end, what better time to share your photos with friends and family and look forward to 2021 in style?

4 Send us your shots and star in our photo gallery

Digital Camera readers show us how they’ve been getting creative at home

TAKE YOUR BEST EVER PHOTOS IN 2021

Claire Gillo shares 29 ways to take your photography aspirations to the next level in the new year

Camera College

The complete guide to modern photography

Reader challenge Food

Enter your best shot to win a copy of Affinity Photo for Windows or macOS worth £49/$50

Clean up your food with Affinity Photo

Frequency Separation isn’t just for faces: it can also work wonders for food photography – in a matter of seconds

Create black-and-white masterpieces in seconds

Produce a variety of classic mono A4 or A3 prints the easy way with our custom-made templates for Photoshop CC

Give your scene a brand-new sky

Thanks to AI, Photoshop CC 2021 can replace skies in seconds with just a couple of clicks

Create mood with colour grading

Get inspired by movie production techniques and a new tool for Lightroom or Camera Raw

Engage in some shadow play

Discover four ways to control the look of shadows and darker tones in images to make simple yet creative adjustments

THE GREAT CEWE Festive Food Challenge

Join us as we take to a professional studio and cook up a photogenic feast to whet your appetite for the holiday season…

Photo Answers

Sketchy about shutter speeds? Disoriented by dynamic range? Send your technique and camera questions to digitalcamera@futurenet.com

The art of seeing

Benedict Brain explores plant portraits through the harsh beauty of the rose

Shot of the month

Hark1karan captures life in a rural Punjab village through an intimate and human lens

Hotshots

Selected images from the 2020 Aerial Photography Awards

Perimeter

Quintin Lake emerges from lockdown to continue his photo walk of the UK

In Focus

The latest photography news from around the globe

Behind the lens

USHA HARISH talks about the Prints for Nature conservation project

KitZone

New gear, buying tips and the world’s toughest tests

Quintin Lake

This photographer and Digital Camera columnist has just completed his epic five-year photo walk around the UK. Benedict Brain catches up with him to reflect on his artistic adventure

Candid camera

Quintin Lake shares some of the personal shots from his epic 6,800-mile journey around Great Britain

What the f-stop?

It’s been a year we’ll never forget… But test yourself on what you do remember about photography in 2020 in our tricky quiz!

LAST-MINUTE GIFT IDEAS FOR 2020

There’s still time – just! Or catch these in the January sales…

Festive photo reads

Books to enhance a photography lover’s coffee table, plus some that’ll fit in holiday luggage when the time comes…

Scanning ahead...

Jon Devo explains how old technologies could combine to help when autofocus struggles

Sony Alpha 7C

£1,899/$1,799

Nikon Z 6II

£1,999/$1,999 

Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro Art

£699/$799

Canon RF 800mm f/11 IS STM

£979/$899