Welcome to issue 123

Get wondrous shots of wildlife from your garden!

Midnight Sun

This issue’s intrepid Apprentice joins travel,  landscape, and wildlife pro Chris McLennan  in the pristine Arctic wilderness of Svalbard

LIGHTBOX

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

Backyard beasts!

Get ready to photograph amazing wildlife no matter where you live with Tom Mason and his comprehensive tips and tricks

Pre-visualize goals as you do images

Pre-visualizing images is something photographers do every day, but pre-visualizing business goals is every bit as important

Wizard of odds

Project one: Core skills

Mirror images

Project two: Creative techniques

Build a photo studio

Project three: Essential gear skills

A portrait balancing act

Project four: Affinity Photo

Profiles in action

Project five: Adobe CC

Blurred of a feather

Project Six: The big project

Fill your life with adventures…

Patience is obviously a virtue, but sometimes a little bit of manners is what you really need

Einar Gudmann

In the land of glaciers and volcanoes,  Einar Gudmann is one half of Iceland’s  premier photography team capturing  the country’s unique natural beauty.  He tells Keith Wilson why he enjoys  photographing sea eagles, waterfalls,  lava fields and Arctic foxes in  sub-zero temperatures…

The sky at night

Astrophotographer Adam Woodworth travelled the length and breadth of North America to capture the night sky – and epic landscapes below it

Readers’ letters

We’d love to hear your thoughts on the mag and all things photographic! You can write to us, message us or share your images in the following ways: mail@nphotomag.com twitter.com/nphotomag facebook.com/nphotomag instagram.com/nphotomag

The early bird

Carl Harris regularly heads out with his camera as the sun rises to capture his stunning wildlife images. And all before heading off to work!

Pitch perfect

Ivan O’Riordan took up photography later in life, but his aptitude for action shots meant he was soon promoted from terrace to touchline

Pop-up & on-camera flash

Neil Freeman explains how to get the most out of your Nikon’s in-built pop-up flash or on-camera Speedlights that slot into your camera’s hotshoe

On-camera flash

Slot a Speedlight into your camera’s hotshoe and you can really start to explore the creative uses of flash… 

Flash custom setup

In the Custom Settings menu, the Bracketing/flash sub-menu enables you to change many options…

Getting started with Nikon NX Studio

Neil Freeman introduces Nikon’s new free image-editing software NX Studio and shows you how to start editing shots

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

Secondhand superstar

Q I’m after a high-quality but inexpensive portrait

Grip gear

Every piece of kit has its use, but it’s up to you to make sure it’s used to its full potential

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 wildlife…

New gear

Here’s what caught our eye this month

Help me buy… a portable SSD

The best portable SSDs offer fast and convenient on-the-go storage and are the fastest way to keep your photos and videos backed up

Skylum Luminar AI

£79/$79  

Fab photo printers

Turn your digital images into real-life photographs with one of these top inkjet printers

Bigger can be better

Upsized printers can deliver prints that aren’t only bigger, but also better quality

Hail to the new king

Mike Harris discusses what little we know about the Z 9, Nikon’s flagship mirrorless camera that’s set for a 2021 release