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Quintin Lake

His 6,835-mile photo walk around Britain’s coast has been turned into a book. Lake looks back on the project with Niall Hampton

Photo Active

10 things you can shoot and create this month, from standing stones to pelicans and military re-enactments

SHOOT THE PAST

From castles and country houses to medieval bridges, there are many historic features in the landscape to photograph, says Wendy Evans

CAMERA CINIC

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Digital Darkroom

Transform your photos with our easy, effective guides

Enhance landscapes with masking tools

Photoshop’s updated Masking Panel, with masks for landscape details, makes boosting outdoor scenes a cinch, says James Paterson

Make linear sunsets glow

Got a good sunset shot? Let’s improve it, says Sean McCormack

Duplicate the Background Layer

Use pixel-based Layers for options beyond Adjustment Layers, says James Abbott

Landscape macros

Make quick and easy adjustments by creating macros in Affinity Photo 2 with Wendy Evans

Let’s get working in DxO PhotoLab 8

In the second part of this guide, Wendy Evans looks at a typical, initial workflow for your images

Ask Matthew...

Mixed-up about minimum apertures? Frustrated by fisheye lenses? Send your technique and camera questions to digitalcamera@futurenet.com

Second-hand superstar

There’s wide and then there’s ultra-wide. They don’t come much wider than this…

The art of seeing

Persistence pays off as Benedict Brain battles with his remote trigger on a bus in Malaysia

Hotshots

Professional winners from the Sony World Photography Awards 2025

Shot of the month

‘Misty over Manchester’ by Jason Darbyshire wins our #dcmdronechallenge competition

Reader gallery

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

In Focus

The latest photography news from around the globe

Behind the lens

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Scanning ahead…

Could Adobe’s latest updates lead to a wider acceptance of AI-generated art, asks Jon Devo

Zed Nelson

Kalum Carter sits down with the winner of the Professional competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2025

Readers’ letters

Burning question about the future of photography? Want to discuss a feature or tutorial in the magazine? Send your letters to digitalcamera@futurenet.com

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