How loyalty relates to the success of your business

Welcome to issue 129

And they’re off! But who will take the

Photo gains

Fine art pro Benedict Brain devises a series of creative challenges for our unwitting Apprentice

LIGHTBOX

Our favourite Nikon images from the Bird Photographer of the Year competition

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How to… Shoot the invisible world!

Adrian Davies shows you how to use your Nikon camera to capture subjects that the naked eye simply cannot see

Slow and steady

Mike Harris explains shutter speed and how you can use it to add a sense of motion to your landscapes

Pole position pot shots

Mike Harris proves that you don’t need to obtain trackside accreditation to capture professionallooking motor sports photographs

Distort a doggie

Mike Harris embraces barrel distortion and uses a fisheye lens to capture fun pet portraits in his garden

Make an old-school contact sheet

James Paterson creates a classic collage and shows how to use a host of key Affinity Photo skills

Colour grading explained

James Paterson demonstrates how to get to grips with this powerful tinting tool in Photoshop’s Camera Raw

Light owl

Take a projector out at night and direct images and shapes to create amazing artwork with James Paterson

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Use it with Luminar AI to see how creative you can get with skies – there are no limits!

A room with a view

Capturing unique images of classic views can sometimes be difficult, but booking the right hotel is a step in the right direction

David Doubilet

After more than half a century of assignments for National Geographic, David Doubilet continues to make waves in the world of underwater photography. He tells Keith Wilson about diving in Antarctica, choosing pictures for his new book, and why he loves Tasmania…

Animal magnetism

Fine art wildlife photographer Alfie Bowen is on a mission to help conserve the natural world and change the lives of people with autism through his remarkable animal images

Readers’ letters

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Tide-angle shots

Colin Hamilton’s first DSLR encouraged him to take photography more seriously. Years later and he’s built a stunning landscape portfolio

Land of confusion

Sara Jazbar builds multiple exposures in post to convey the chaotic motion of bustling street scenes through a series of still images

NIKOPEDIA

The only camera manual you’ll ever need

Make the most of dynamic range

Neil Freeman shows you how to get the best from the dynamic range of your sensor, giving you more shadow and highlight detail in your images

Adjust your composition

Cropping tools in post offer opportunities to correct or re-envisage our images. Neil Freeman explains how

Ask Matthew...

Our resident Nikon expert Matthew Richards answers your questions and solves your problems. If you have a Nikon-related question, email it to mail@nphotomag.com

Seeing double?

Wildlife photography is often seen as a solitary affair, but there are some distinct advantages of heading out into the field with a plus-one…

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2021

The search for the world’s best Nikon photographer of 2021 continues! Each issue the monthly N-Photo POTY 2021 photo contest’s top 10 images are selected by the N-Photo team. This issue’s competition has the theme of sports photography…

GearZone

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

New gear

Here’s what caught our eye this month

Help me buy… cloud storage

Keep your images and videos backed up and accessible on the go

Corel PaintShop Pro 2022 Ultimate

Corel PaintShop Pro 2022 Ultimate has everything you need to edit your images, and much more besides

Larger than life

Fit a macro lens to your Nikon camera and you’ll see the world in almost microscopic detail. Here are the best options

The winner is… Nikon Z MC 105mm f/2.8 VR S

Nikon’s Z-mount 105mm leaves the competition in its wake

Mount up

Mike Harris celebrates Z mount’s third birthday by taking a look at its current lens line-up and considering what’s still to come