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Welcome

Get the new photo year off to the

Go with the flow

One reader, one pro… a keen outdoor photographer chases waterfalls in the company of Jeremy Flint

Photo Active

10 things you can shoot and create this month, from animated features to owls and Iron Age villages

Bag a boarder

Here’s how you can capture the high-speed thrills of snowboarding

Capture a winter owl

Don’t let snowy conditions put you off. Here’s how to capture these magnificent birds

Arches of light

John Raftery shows how you can maximise architectural reflections

Back seat driver

Shoot urban light trails with a unique perspective – from inside a moving car

26 PHOTO PROJECTS FOR 2026!

Wendy Evans serves up a platter of projects for you to tackle over the next 12 months

CAMERA CLINIC

Master the art of modern photography

Examples when high ISO speeds make life easier

With the awesome ability of fast ISO there’s every reason to shoot 24/7

Mastering ISO is a core skill to learn

Knowing which speed suits the situation will improve your shots

Nine scenarios where ISO control takes priority

TALES FROM THE WOODS Shooting on a dull

Pros and cons How to use ISO to help achieve your best shots

Control ISO and aperture, shutter speed will follow

Software skills Eliminate noise at home

Obvious noise or grain in your images can be banished in software at the editing stage

Camera know-how Auto ISO

The clever feature that’s worth its weight in gold for getting your images just right

Shoot photos like a pro

Learn to appreciate the light and what it’s doing

Camera skills Noise control

Set up the camera for better quality photos at high ISOs

Pro tip Spot-on metering

Work the exposure settings for perfect files

MEET YOUR TRAINERS

Edit like a pro with their expert insights

Make like a banana

With Nano Banana, image editing is child’s play, so is it the end for Photoshop tutorials? James Paterson asks a seven-year-old…

Gritty urban edits

Sean McCormack explains how to boost your cityscape shots with Lightroom tools

Make your Golden Hour shots pop

Give your sunrise and sunset shots a stylish blast of effects in Photoshop to enhance those colourful skies, says James Abbott

Colour like Wes

Wendy Evans explains how to use Affinity to give your images a Wes Anderson vibe

Get to grips with Gradient Maps

Discover new ways of colour toning your images in Photoshop, with Wendy Evans

29 ways to spice up your photos

Give your shots a new look with our Actions, presets, profiles and LUTs

Ask Matthew...

Agonising over astrophotography shots? Traumatised by your next tripod choice? Send your technique and camera questions to digitalcamera@futurenet.com

The art of seeing

Benedict Brain explores a felled tree, a polluted river and the value of looking closer to home

Hotshots

The winners of ‘Power’, the 14th season of the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA)

Reader gallery

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

Shot of the month

Wildlife photographer Thomas Vijayan spent hours lying on the ice before capturing this shot

In Focus

The latest photography news from around the globe

2025’s best photo books

Our pick of the best titles about photography published this year – each one will make an ideal festive season gift for lovers of the medium…

Scanning ahead…

From bumper camera sales to unwelcome AI slop, Jon Devo considers the trends of 2025

KitZone

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

Mike Taylor

The award-winning photographer has just published a book about how to succeed in the medium. Niall Hampton finds out more

Nest month

Readers’ letters

Burning question about the future of photography? Want to discuss a feature or a tutorial in the magazine? Then send us your letters and photos

What the f-stop?

How much do you really know about photography? Test yourself to the max every issue with our tricky trivia quiz!

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