Welcome

F irstly, thanks to all our readers who

Tom Stoddart

Tom Stoddart is widely regarded as one of the world’s best photojournalists, and has a new book of his images of women taken around the world. Steve Fairclough finds out more…

The big sky

Scott Antcliffe goes to Bamburgh Castle to fine-tune his technique for scenics

Meet the locals

Charlie Anderson snaps the wildlife near his home, and shares his secrets

Posing power

Chantel King works one on one with models in the studio

Going for gold

Alistair Campbell adds a glowing finish to an image in Photoshop

Gently does it

Bret Charman perfects the art of stealthily capturing roe deer

Magical murmurations

Julie O’Byrne uses her phone to capture a natural phenomenon on the North Yorkshire moors

Streaks ahead

Diana Bovoloni combines light-painting with portraits

Bottoms up

Lisa Whiting shows how to shoot glamorous glasses using styling, props and simple backdrops

What you stairing at?

Alistair Campbell finds adventurous colour combos in the mundane

SPRING YOUR SHOTS INTO LIFE!

Jon Adams and Andrew James offer 14 seasonal tips and techniques to help you shake off the winter blues

Flower power

Discover three great ways to keep it simple and breathe new life into your floral shots

Capture critters

Every bush, leaf and patch of grass is alive with insects and molluscs making the most of the good times

Animal magic

You don’t need to travel to Africa to witness wildlife: head into your garden or to your local nature reserve

Woodland wonder

Whether it’s a small copse of saplings or a full-on forest, your local woodland is bursting with opportunities to get creative

Local landscapes

You don’t need to go far to shoot spring scenics – grab your camera and capture great shots close to home

Camera College

The complete guide to modern photography

Perfect panoramas in Affinity Photo

Discover how to stitch together panoramic photos with ease using simple tools

Add water effects to the foreground

Use our free Water Reflection Kit to add realistic reflection effects in Photoshop CC

Get creative with Blending Modes

Learn how to make incredible effects and transform your photos in seconds

Create a street photography look

Generate a mood and feel that complements the spontaneity of street photography

Enhancement tricks

Explore four techniques that allow you to work with the existing tones and colours in an image to dramatically change the look

Photo Answers

Perplexed by a photographic problem? Caught up in camera confusion? Send your technique and camera questions to digitalcamera@futurenet.com

The art of seeing

Finding his creative mojo, Benedict Brain explores the idea of photographic fitness

Hotshots

Winners and selected images f rom the RPS Science Photographer of the Year competition

Shot of the month

Mike Mezeul II captures the Milky Way above Volcán de Fuego as it erupts

In Focus

The latest photography news from around the globe

Behind the lens

GULNARA SAMOILOVA Founder of Women Street Photographers

Remembering African Wild Dogs

ENTER TODAY Submit your images of painted dogs in the wild for the chance to be featured in the latest in the Remembering Wildlife fundraising book series: Remembering African Wild Dogs

Scanning ahead...

Jon Devo looks at how you can take photos around the world without leaving your home

Jeremy Walker

The leading landscape photographer takes Niall Hampton behind the scenes of his long-term project documenting historic ruins in the UK

What the f-stop?

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

1 Make fun silhouette art using everyday objects

Shoot some still-life photos of photogenic household appliances, then use them to create a composite masterpiece. Simeon Meinema shows how it’s done

2  Effects to give your shots a new look

How to use the Image Transformation Pack you’ll find in this issue’s Gifts folder

3 Create your own world of miniature marvels

You don’t have to go outdoors to capture the real world, says Roddy Llewellyn. Why not use your imagination and create your own world safely at home?

4 Create cyanotype images at home

Adapt this 19th-century photographic printing process for the 21st century and produce some distinctive and original results, says Niamh Cottle

5 Send us your shots and star in our photo gallery

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

Fujifilm GFX 100S £5,499/$5,999

Meet the camera bringing medium-format to the masses  www.fujifilm.co.uk

Fujinon GF 32-64mm f/4 R LM WR £2,149/$2,299

An everyday standard zoom for GFX cameras  www.fujifilm.co.uk

Canon RF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM £1,719/$1,599

Big performance, small size in this telephoto  www.canon.co.uk

Canon Speedlite EL-1 £1,299/$1,099

A flashgun that costs as much as a camera  www.canon.co.uk

Photo printers

Turn your digital images into real-life photos with one of these impressive inkjet printers

Laowa 10mm f/2 Zero-D £399/$399

A tiny ultra-wide prime for Micro Four Thirds www.laowalens.co.uk