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Bea Lubas Food photographer and writer At The

Let us eat cake!

Food photographer Bea Lubas will speak at The Photography & Video Show. Niall Hampton finds out more

Compose with symmetry

10 things you can shoot, edit and create this month, from still-life to spring flora and outdoor Easter events

How to make portraits pop

Use depth of field and other techniques to direct the viewer’s attention and improve your shots says James Paterson

Give colour grading a go

Claire Gillo takes you through the Color Grading feature in Lightroom Classic

Have some flat lay fun!

Make creative scenes using items from nature, a piece of white card and a reflector. Claire Gillo explains how

Transform your raw files with our bonus toning profiles

This pack of 10 software extras for Lightroom and Camera Raw will kick-start your creative processing, says George Cairns

Get smokin’ shots

Looking for acreative project to do indoors? Have some fun with incense, suggests Benedict Brain

Capture spring flora with a macro look

Now’s the perfect time to get down to the woods and capture spring in all its glory, says Chris Rutter, who explains how to use atelephoto lens for macro results

Hare around this spring

The new season is agreat opportunity to practise using your camera’s autofocus tools

‘Water’ photo challenge

Send us your best image featuring water to win a £50 voucher towards Cewe Wall Art

THE ART OF LANDSCAPES

HOW TO MASTER

CAMERA CLINIC

Master the art of modern photography

Get the knowledge

Primes offer a wonderful shooting experience

Three prime lenses to buy

Fixed focal length lenses come in all shapes and sizes

Three specialist primes to consider

Taking the next step in your prime journey

Examples of matching focal length to the subject

With so many lenses on offer, learn to choose wisely to make the most of your ideas

Depth of field

Taking a deeper dive into the world of sharp focus

Pros and cons Prime lenses

Use primes to improve your photo vision

Camera skills Editing know-how

Distortion can be corrected easily

Lens tech Depth of field

Get to grips with hyperfocal focusing

Shoot photos like a pro

Refine your lens technique for the best photos

Pro tip Focus

Use focus peaking for sharp images

Camera skills AF-ON

Use this to enable back-button focusing

Create a fine-art border in Lightroom

Enhance your landscape photos by adding a fine-art border with an even feathered edge

Explore the Multiply blending mode

Multiply is a versatile mode that can be used for a wide range of effects, either on its own or combined with other modes

25 actions, presets and profiles to boost your shots

THIS MONTH’S BONUS SOFTWARE EXTRAS

Photo Answers

Concerned about candid photography? In a twist over your next tripod? Send your technique and camera questions to digitalcamera@futurenet.com

New camera bags from Think Tank

BackLight Sprint and PressPass join the line-up, plus update for Mirrorless Mover

The art of seeing

Benedict Brain says it’s a small world, and you never know who you will bump into again…

Hotshots

Winners from Close-up Photographer of the Year 5 (2023)

Reader gallery

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

Scanning ahead…

With ever-higher sensor resolutions, Jon Devo asks whether zoom lenses have had their day

Content Credentials explained

Fight the fakes and prove your own photos are genuine with provenance tools in Photoshop and Lightroom

M.Zuiko 150-600mm f/5.0-6.3 IS

Via the magic of Micro Four Thirds, this new optic delivers up to 2400mm coverage

Focal point

Rounding up what’s new and exciting

Sam Davis

The caving photographer will be shining a light on his passion at The Photography Show. Niall Hampton gets a deep dive into the subject

KitZone

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

Hasselblad 907X & CFV 100C £6,729/$8,199

Not just a beautiful camera system but versatile, too

Jess McGovern

The multi-award winning photographer will speak twice at The Photography Show this month. Niall Hampton finds out what’s in store…

What the f-stop?

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

Canon RF 200-800mm F6. 3-9 IS USM £2,300/$1,899

Super-telephoto lens, almost super performance

Lumix S 100mm f/2 .8 Macro £999/$999

Ticks many boxes but is not a total success

Viltrox AF 27mm F1.2 Pro £420/$545

Prime lens Viltrox AF 27mm F1.2 Pro

Easter events

Consider your aperture settings when shooting outdoor activities this Easter, says Roddy Llewellyn