Welcome

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This month’s contributors

Christy Lee Rogers Visual artist Having grown up

Enhance your raws in Affinity Photo

Discover the essential tonal tools to boost your photos in seconds

Water works

The enchanting images created by Christy Lee Rogers underwater are often compared with the work of the Old Master painters. Niall Hampton finds out more

Photo Active

10 things to shoot, edit or create this month, including Viking portraits, bodypaint in the dark and wily foxes

STAY AT HOME PHOTOGRAPHY

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

PHOTO CRASH COURSE

Get to grips with the fundamentals of photography in half a day with our guide

Camera College

The complete guide to modern photography

Add new skies the easy way with Sky Replacement

Give any photo a brand-new look with tons of extra impact by using a creative sky transplant

Practise the power of Color Mixing

Explore these invaluable tools in Camera Raw, and make stunning colour shifts in photos

Retouch a female portrait

Get your model looking her best with the help of new tools in Lightroom and Camera Raw

Reach for the skies

Explore four techniques you can use to adjust, enhance and completely change the sky in your landscape shots

Photo Answers

Confused about colour depth? Disconcerted over DPI? Send your technique and camera questions to digitalcamera@futurenet.com

The art of seeing

Benedict Brain gets creative by exploring the world of instant print manipulation

Hotshots

Selected images from the Women Street Photographers exhibition

Shot of the month

Christina Lauder scores a perfect 100 in the SWPP 20x16 Print Competition 2020

In Focus

The latest photography news from around the globe

Behind the lens

STORM reveals the driving forces behind her series of nude self-portraits

Scanning ahead…

Jon Devo explores the trend of taking photos within virtual environments

Rankin

Over 25 years of stylish photography feature in Rankin’s new book Play. Steve Fairclough speaks to him about his approach to music and portraits

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L-brackets

Shoot both horizontal and vertical  compositions with ease with these five handy accessories

Waterproof compacts

Hoping to hit the beach later in 2021? Then take one of these…