Welcome

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This month’s contributors

Emma Campbell Equine photographer A lifelong love of

Horse play? Neigh bother…

Leading equine photographer Emma Campbell captures fine-art portraits of horses and their riders with a simple setup. Niall Hampton tacks along

Photo active

10 things you can shoot, edit or create this month, from stately homes to camels and cycle races

IT’S TIME TO GO MANUAL!

Capture your creative vision by taking back control of exposure, focusing, white balance and more – Dan Mold shows you how

CAMERA CINIC

Master the art of modern photography

Retouch your images with the power of AI

Discover the new AI-powered Remove tool in Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw and why it’s a game changer for photo fixes

Smooth as baby skin

Don’t let editing a newborn baby’s skin bring you out in blotches. Follow these steps for a smoother editing process

Vintage black & white

Explore monochrome techniques in Photoshop and apply realistic analogue effects to your images

15 actions and presets to boost your shots

As seen in this month’s tutorials, give your shots a new look in just a few clicks with these actions and presets

Photo Answers

Puzzled by Program mode? Insecure about in-body image stabilisation? Send your technique and camera questions to digitalcamera@futurenet.com

The art of seeing

Top left: Dominic, The Seychelles Top right: Name

Hotshots

Our showcase of winning images from Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2024

Reader gallery

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

Shot of the month

By Nikoletta Stoyanova, recipient of the Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant in 2023

In Focus

The latest photography news from around the globe

Behind the lens

Outdoor photographer and author of Dusk to Dawn www.glennrandall.com

Scanning ahead...

Following online criticism, should the way we review cameras change, asks

Harriet Logan

The former photojournalist is co-curator of a major new exhibition called The Camera Never Lies: Challenging images through The Incite Project. Niall Hampton finds out more

What the f-stop?

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

Leica SL3 £5,920/$6,995 (body only)

The best camera Leica has ever made – even if it does lack the soul of its rangefinder siblings

Panasonic Lumix G100D

£619/$750 (kit with 12-32mm F3.5-5.6 lens)

Lumix S 35mm F1.8

£579/$597

Nikkor Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR £1,399/$1,299

Everything from wide-angle coverage to super-telephoto reach at the twist of a ring

Sony FE 16-25mm F2 .8 G £1,249/$1,200

Delivers wide viewing angles while keeping size and weight to a minimum

DxO Nik Collection 7 £145/$159 (new); £79/$89 (upgrade from version 6)

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