Dan Mold Deputy editor dan.mold@futurenet.com
GET into the festive spirit and sharpen your camera skills with our Big Project on page 46, where James shows you how to create fun Christmas portraits with your Canon and a snow globe. On page 50, Peter explains how to use 500mm telephoto lenses to capture close-ups of birds, such as robins and yellow wagtails. This month I ventured out to make full use of the longer nights and reveal how to add magical light orbs to your landscape scenes – the good news is you only need a torch and some string! See how on page 52. If you’d rather stay out of the cold this winter then why not brush up on your editing skills? On page 56, Jon Adams shows you how to improve boring skies in scenes with our free skies kit. On page 58, James uses Photoshop’s Clone Stamp Tool to remove distractions, and on page 60 he gets very creative with abstract flower and portrait composites using Affinity Photo.