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Alistair Campbell With a busy summer staycation on

The Great British Photography Challenge

If you didn’t catch BBC4’s prime-time photography series, you can still watch it on streaming. Niall Hampton catches up with the six contestants who battled it out for top spot

Garden visitors

Steve Gemmell reveals how he captured and edited this blue tit in his garden

Shoot flat-lay food photography at home

Understand what elements go into creating a stylish food photograph as Niamh Cottle creates a series of bird’s eye view lifestyle images

STEP BY STEP SET UP YOUR CAMERA AND LIGHTING

Use your tripod to position the camera over the food and to keep it steady

HOW TO SHOOT SEASCAPES LIKE A PRO!

Head to the coast and unleash your creative side this summer, with James Abbott’s expert guide to seascape photography

Camera College

The complete guide to modern photography

PRACTICAL Photoshop

SENSATIONAL IMAGES MADE SIMPLE!

Photo Answers

Maddened by Manual mode? Got the goat over gimbals? Send your technique and camera questions to digitalcamera@futurenet.com

Get high

Andy Alcock loves to find high elevations for creating stronger images

Fragments of time

Matt Kenneally reveals the secrets of shooting timeslice photography

Vintage flare

Alistair Campbell creates a nostalgic edit with light leaks

Shoot the Milky Way

Just one of many projects to feature in a new guide to astrophotography by Adam Woodworth

Great techniques for low-light astrophotography

Adam Woodworth 1 Exposure blending This is a

Through the shop window

Jules Carr creates fineart street images by using shop windows

Tidy up portraits

Louise Carey shows you how to use Lightroom’s Spot Removal Tool to polish skin to perfection 

On your bike!

Michelle Szpak explains how she has developed a passion into a career, and shares her tips

Floortrait fashion

Alistair Campbell explains how unusual angles can bring a dynamic look to your fashion photos

Lasting love

Sujata Setia shows you’re never too old to capture some new memories in a family photoshoot

The art of seeing

Benedict Brain takes his new camera for a spin, and dives into the world of macro

Hotshots

Our highlights from the Portrait of Humanity Awards 3

In Focus

The latest photography news from around the globe

Focal point

Rounding up what’s new and exciting

Lumix S 50mm f/1.8

It’s the second in a series of four light and affordable primes for L-Mount bodies

Nikkor Z 28mm f/2.8 & 40mm f/2

Pair of full-frame primes to arrive at some point in 2021, says Nikon

DxO Nik Collection 4

Two key plug-ins get updated, and there are workflow tweaks for Lightroom and Photoshop

Focal point

Rounding up what’s new and exciting

The Photography Show 2021

Rankin and Brooke Shaden to speak on Super Stage as event returns to the NEC

Canon RF primes

RF 400mm f/2.8L IS USM and RF 600mm f/4L IS USM on sale now

Joby Beamo Ring Light 12”

Compact lighting solution for creators

Behind the lens

CARL DE KEYZER Documentary photographer

‘New Big 5’ of wildlife photography revealed

Photographer and project founder Graeme Green reveals results of global poll to find the most popular endangered wild animals to photograph

Scanning ahead...

Jon is a professional photographer, videographer and technology journalist

Marsel van Oosten

The award-winning nature photographer tells Graeme Green about simplicity, Snoop Dogg, death metal, and the dire state of Mother Earth

2 Rework old images to tell new stories

Dave Kai Piper shows how ‘upcycling’ old digital photos from your archive can lead to completely new projects, made without leaving your home

4 Send us your shots and star in our photo gallery

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

Capture awesome sky detail without filters

Filters are a great way to get things right in-camera, but there are other ways to achieve the same results

Use light to sculpt the scene and add drama

Light is the most important tool in photography – and learning how natural light behaves is essential for shooting seascapes

Exposure skills

Filters are an important tool for shooting seascapes, and choosing the right options is essential

Cool compositions

Take advantage of compositional devices to add visual balance and a sense of dynamism to your seascape shots

The perfect moment

Timing is everything! See how your shutter speed affects your shot

Go wide for impact

Get close, shoot wide and play with perspective in your seascapes

Get creative

Capture beautifully impressionistic images

Get the vintage look in Affinity Photo

Learn how to age your photos with a range of classic looks, tonal treatments and filter effects

Shot of the month

Paul Martin shines a spotlight on the tales behind homeless people in Birmingham

LEVEL UP YOUR KIT BAG

Members of the Digital Camera team share what’s in their kit bag – and what they wish was in it!

KitZone

New  gear,  buying  tips  and  the  world’s  tou ghest  tests

Use textures to enhance your visual style

Add an artistic edge to your shots by applying and blending texture layers in Photoshop CC

Take control of detail

Get to grips with one of the best tools for boosting details and enhancing portraits

Create focus in your landscapes

Change the look and feel of your photos with localised filters in Lightroom or Camera Raw

Work with contrast

Go beyond basic adjustments and explore four different ways to achieve more creative and controlled results

Sigma fp L

Dazzling 61MP stills, 4K video capture and full-on cine features

Fujinon XF 27mm f/2.8 R WR

An update of Fujifilm’s 27mm pancake prime

Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL

A super-small, crazily compact ultra-wide

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021

Enhance your photos with machine learning and Guided Edits 

Travel tripods

Find the perfect balance between lightness, strength, operating height and price

Benro Rhino 05C VX20

A compact but sturdy and dependable kit

Benro Slim Travel

This tripod is slim by name, slim by nature

Kenro Ultimate Travel

Discover a leaning tower of a tripod

Manf rotto Bef ree 2N1

A two-in-one Manfrotto kit offers plenty

Manf rotto Bef ree 3-Way Live Advanced

And now for something (almost) completely different

MeFoto GlobeTrotter

The biggest tripod in the MeFoto Classic range

Novo Explora T10

This carbon contender is high and mighty

Peak Design Travel Tripod

A highly innovative travel tripod

Travel tripods find a new Peak

The Peak Design Travel Tripod sets lofty standards to aspire to

What the f-stop?

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