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Jasper Doest

The award-winning nature photographer talks to Graeme Green about telling stories, inspiring people – and a flamingo named Bob

Photo Active

10 things to shoot, edit or create this month, including small-scale movie sets, colourful cars and kestrels

STAY AT HOME PHOTOGRAPHY

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

HOW TO SHOOT LIKE A PRO USING BASIC KIT

Capture high-quality images on a minimal setup. James Abbott shares the shooting hacks you’ll need…

Camera College

The complete guide to modern photography

PRACTICAL Photoshop

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The art of seeing

Benedict Brain turns his camera on himself this month and explores ideas around self-portraiture

Creative composites in Affinity Photo

Combine all kinds of images and craft amazing montages with simple editing skills

Hotshots

Our highlights from the Sony World Photography Awards 2021 Student Competition shortlist

Shot of the month

Richard Bradbury’s image heads up Team GB’s entry into the World Photographic Cup

In Focus

The latest photography news from around the globe

Behind the lens

Street & portrait photographer www.sallydaviesphoto.com

Scanning ahead...

Our technology correspondent Jon Devo asks: do we focus too much on technology?

Will Burrard-Lucas

INTERVIEW

What the f-stop?

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

1 USE A SIMPLE CAMERA SETUP

A barebones kit comes down to a single versatile lens that covers almost every eventuality

2 SHOOT AND EDIT HANDHELD HDR FOR MORE DETAIL

Capture detail across the scene without using ND grad filters or even a tripod

3 USE EXPOSURE STACKING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS

Don’t have the correct kit when shooting? These handy tricks will save the day

4 SHOOT PORTRAITS WITH MINIMAL GEAR

Capture stunning full-length and tightly cropped portraits using a medium zoom lens

5 EXPOSE THE HIGHLIGHTS

Learn how to expose for the highlights and recover shadow detail during post-processing

Place any subject in your virtual studio

Use our virtual backgrounds to change a portrait into a studio-quality shot

Automatic skin smoothing

Discover how Photoshop’s new AI-powered Neural Filter enhances portraits for you

Make your seascapes look ship-shape

Draw out the best of your shot’s lighting and colour in Lightroom or Camera Raw

Work with contrast

Discover simple and effective ways to use contrast creatively and enhance your shots using Photoshop Elements

Revolutionise your image workflow with Luminar AI

Achieve professional results with ease with artificial intelligence

Five great tips for using Templates

Luminar AI Templates are easy to use despite

Photo Answers

In a tizzy over a tripod transaction? Vague about viewfinders? Send your technique and camera questions to digitalcamera@futurenet.com

Leica SL2-S

£3,975/$4,895  The sister camera to the Leica SL2 retains features, but not price

Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.2 S £2,299/$2,099

A properly fast prime for Nikon Z cameras

Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 G Master

£1,499/$1,399  An ideal everyday semi wide-angle lens

Fujinon XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS WR

£899/$999  Fujifilm’s new, more affordable ultra-wide zoom

Astro lenses

The night sky can play a starring role in your photos. Here are the best lenses for shooting it