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Welcome

A s we usher in a new season,

Fowl play on the water

One reader, one pro… we visit the Slimbridge Wetland Centre with top wildlife photographer Andy Rouse

Ask Matthew

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PHOTO SKILLS

Tips, tricks and techniques to improve your photography

22 SPRING PHOTO PROJECTS

Learn how to capture your best-ever spring shots, from flowers, forests and colourful landscapes to close-ups of butterflies, wildlife and birds… with Peter Travers

CAMERA CINIC

This month: Using colour for impact Master hue, saturation and luminance and your photographs will improve

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Is there such a thing as the ‘right’ colour?

Factor in filters

Lens accessories to enhance your colour

True colours

Devices for expert colour management without the pain

Perfect examples of creative colour

Spice up your pictures by exploiting the full colour spectrum

Making the most of colour

Hints and tips to get creative with your colour photos

Nine winning ways to help you exploit the glory of colour

ACCENT COLOUR This technique predominantly uses one colour,

Pros and cons The miracle of colour

Getting creative in colour may sound simple, but it isn’t as easy you think

Camera know-how More about white balance

Change the WB settings for interesting results

Camera tech Using picture profiles

Tailor the camera’s colour controls to meet your desired artistic vision

Shoot photos like a pro

Look after your colours and they will create an eye-catching shot

Camera tech Custom white balance

How an A4 sheet of white paper means perfect colours

Pro tip Caring for your colours

Colour management, workflow and profiles

Digital Darkroom

Transform your photos with our easy, effective guides

Brush strokes

Dan Mold gives his images a painterly twist in Photoshop, and explains how you can recreate the effect with your free brush pack

How to reduce red eye

Sean McCormack uses Lightroom to repel this alien invasion

It’s an ideal blend

James Abbott explores the creative possibilities of using Photoshop’s Blending modes and Adjustment Layers in tandem

Auto tweaks for landscapes

Save time when editing landscape shots in Affinity Photo 2 by creating an all-in-one macro, with Wendy Evans

Perk up your portraits

Concluding our mini-series introducing ON1 Photo RAW MAX 2026, with Wendy Evans

26 Brushes, Actions, presets and a macro

As seen in this month’s tutorials, give your shots a new look with our collection of software extras

KitZone

New gear, buying tips and the world’s toughest tests

Jon McCormack

With his book due out for Earth Day, the conservationist speaks to Niall Hampton about photographing patterns in nature

DxO PureRAW 6

Latest version of raw file batch processing software brings enhanced noise-reduction for Bayer sensors, ‘breakthrough’ high-fidelity DNG file compression, ‘unmatched’ AI dust removal and faster performance

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It’s all about the image – see what

Focal point

Rounding up what’s new and exciting this month

Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG II Art

Updated prime for L-Mount and Sony E-mount focuses on bringing enhanced resolution across the entire frame for today’s higher-resolution mirrorless bodies

Nikkor Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S II

The original was crowned the ‘world’s best’ 70-200mm trinity zoom, but the latest version is better, lighter, faster… and more expensive

Readers’Letters

Have a burning question about the future of photography? Want to discuss a feature or a tutorial in the magazine? Send us your letters

Scanning ahead…

Jon Devo says advances in smartphone tech could signal the end of the mirrorless camera

Reader gallery

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

Hotshots

Our showcase of category winners from the Close-up Photographer of the Year Awards 2025

Shot of the month

A girl on the Kyiv metro helps Laetitia Vançon to a Female in Focus 2025 photo project win

Sony RX1R III £4,200/$5,098

The impossibly small Sony RX1R III packs a heavyweight punch in a cruiserweight frame

Leica Q3 Monochrom

An absolute dream camera for street shooting

Nikkor Z 24-105mm f/4-7.1

A compact and lightweight standard lens that goes large on zoom range

Prime lens Sigma 15mm F1.4 DC Contemporary

Sigma 15mm F1.4 DC Contemporary £449/$578 A downsized delight