Welcome

Alistair Campbell Could you shoot a creative photo

The birth of a new business

Kitty Clark started her professional career as Covid-19 arrived. But the pandemic saw her diversify into shooting maternity – and she hasn’t looked back, says Niall Hampton

Let us prey

Paul Smith shares where to find birds of prey in flight, and how to capture them at their best

Magical masterclass

Giacomo Giannelli shoots abstracts on a basic 50mm lens

Life in the fast lane

Bertrand Vessier heads to the local race circuit to capture go-karts

It’s the details that count

Claire Gillo reveals how to make your portraits pop by using the Adjustment Brush in Camera Raw or Lightroom

Summer shoots

Roberta Baneviciene uses natural warm summer light for stunning portraits

Perfect sunsets

Louise Carey shows you how to tone down skies with Lightroom’s Graduated Filter

Style it up on the streets

Tasha Hylton gets creative with portraits, poses and locations, and explains how you can style up your own fashion shoots for a distinctive vibe

Starry sailors

Dean Whitehouse heads to the edge of the beach to capture stars above docked boats

Spire satellites

Mark A Hunter shares a quick and interesting photo manipulation

The art of seeing

Benedict Brain colours in Tokyo photos and explores the city in new and exciting ways…

STAY AT HOME PHOTOGRAPHY

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

2 Bag a best-buy photo product for home use

These top-rated accessories will bolster any home photography setup. For full reviews, go to www.digitalcameraworld.com – click on the ‘Home working’ tab

3 Use a scanner to make creative images

Is there a camera in your home you didn’t know you had? Simeon Meinema shows how the scanner you bought to digitise paperwork can be put to more creative uses

4 Send us your shots and star in our photo gallery

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

Enjoy your summer of firsts

After a year of uncertainty, summer is back! And it’s time to capture some new memories of it with CEWE

SUMMERTIME SPECIAL

Take our 24-hour photo challenge – and shoot a fresh portfolio of creative pictures in just one day!

Camera College

The complete guide to modern photography

Blooming brilliant

Enhance your flower photos with essential edits and creative effects in Affinity Photo

Shot of the month

Andy Rouse takes flight to Finland to capture golden eagles for his personal photo journey

Create Impressionist-style images with brushed borders

Turn your photos into painterly masterpieces in Photoshop, and add an artistic edge effect, with this issue’s gift

Master the Depth Blur Filter

Get to grips with one of Photoshop’s best new neural filters and blur out backdrops

Colour-grade your photos

Use tools inspired by cinema to fine-tune your image’s colour palette in Lightroom

Shift colours in cityscapes

Enhance artificially lit cityscapes by adjusting colours for correction and creative effect

Photo Answers

Crazed by CMOS? Mixed up over memory cards? Send your technique and camera questions to digitalcamera@futurenet.com

LEVEL UP KIT BAG

Members of the Digital Camera team share what’s in their kit bag – and what they wish was in it!

Hotshots

Our highlights from the 2021 Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year contest

In Focus

The latest photography news from around the globe

Focal point

Rounding up what’s new and exciting

Nikon Z fc rolls back years

New 20.9MP APS-C camera harks back to the glory days of film photography, but also has the chops to be popular with image-conscious vloggers – and it’ll be £899

Two new Nikkor Z lenses…

The new optics form two Nikon Z fc kit options – choose the Z 28mm f/2.8 SE or the Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR

… &a superzoom

Z DX 18-140mm f/3.5-6.3 VR on its way

MPB Hall of Fame

Vote now for your all-time favourite digital photography gear, as awards return for 2021

Lowepro PhotoSport III

New range is made from 75% recycled fabrics and introduces the brand’s new ‘green line’ label

Focal point

Rounding up what’s new and exciting

Buy your TPS tickets now

Britain’s biggest photography event returns to the NEC Birmingham in September

New zoom for Canon RF-mount

14-35mm f/4L IS USM has broader zoom range than RF 15-35mm f/2.8L

Peak Design Field Pouch v2

Use it with a strap or as a bag insert

Behind the lens

Visual artist & photographer www.renatealler.com

Scanning ahead...

Jon Devo asks if we should let artificial intelligence select the best shots

Kit Zone

New gear, buying tips and the world’s toug hest tests

Kristin Bedford

As her new book is released, the documentary photographer talks to Alistair Campbell about exploring communities and letting your subjects guide what you photograph

Summer photo reads

Some of these titles will fit in your camera bag… if not, they will certainly enhance a photography lover’s coffee table

Mirrorless Panasonic Lumix GH5 II

An upgrade to a film-making favourite

Olympus PEN E-P7 £749/€799 (body only)

The first camera to come from Olympus’ new owner www.olympus.co.uk

Nikkor Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S £999/$999

A stunner of a macro lens

Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmar 100-400mm f/4-6.3 Asph Power OIS £1,199/$1,599

A slimmed-down super-telephoto zoom

Benro SupaDupa £130/$150

A compelling upgrade for monopod users

Sporting superstars

Extend your reach and get closer to the action with super-telephoto zooms for shooting sport

Canon

RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM

Fujinon

100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR

Nikkor

AF-S 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR

Panasonic

Leica DG 100- 400mm f/4-6.3

Pentax

150-450mm f/4.5-5.6 ED DC AW HD

Sigma

150-600mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM |S

Tamron

SP 150-600mm f/5- 6.3 Di VC USD G2

Sony

FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS

Sony wins for price and performance

The Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6. 3 G OSS puts the ‘super’ into telephoto

What the f-stop?

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