NPhoto PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2022

Welcome to issue 135

See the top 10 images from the portrait

Creative minds

Photography guru James Paterson treats our apprentice to a crash course in creative lighting

LIGHTBOX

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

50 ways to... Shoot spring!

Get out and about with your camera with Ross Hoddinott’s 50 hand-picked tips to shoot the most colourful of seasons…

Learning from hairstylists

Understanding your client and knowing what they really want is imperative to becoming a great hairstylist – or a great photographer

Nikon Skills

Ingenious recipes for stunning shots

Freeze fast subjects

Mike Harris details the basics to capturing speeding subjects and proves camera kit needn’t be a barrier

Here come the swirls

Project two: Creative techniques

Top tips for using filters

Project three: Essential gear skills

Create black-and-white masterpieces in seconds

Project four: Photoshop CC

Magic mushrooms

Project five: Adobe CC

The ultra-macro bug

Project Six: The big project

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Far from the madding crowd

Sometimes you need to break from the crowds of photographers to find peace and tranquillity

George Karbus

George Karbus has become one of Europe’s best-known photographers of underwater wildlife. He tells Keith Wilson about the joys of surfing, freediving and making a film about a very special dolphin…

A wild, wild world

Wildlife photographer Richard Barrett photographs a selection of some of the most iconic species from all around the planet

Readers’ letters

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Fun with a fisheye

John DeWolf uses a budget APS-C fisheye lens on his full-frame Z camera to photograph super-wide circular landscapes

Off the beaten path

Anju Mishra prefers the road less travelled as she uses her camera to both document and experience an India that’s seldom seen

NIKOPEDIA

The only camera manual you’ll ever need

Scenic shots from your sofa

Shoot a landscape from the comfort of your living room with Nikon School’s Live Remote Shooting workshops

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

Home sweet home

Returning to spots you once frequented, but have since moved on from, can provide you with great nostalgia – and photo opportunities…

NPhoto GearZone

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

New gear

Here’s what caught our eye this month

Help me buy… a graphics tablet

These tablets are fantastic for photo editing as well as drawing

Nikon Z 9 £5299/$5500

The Nikon Z 9 is late to the pro mirrorless party – but with 120fps bursts and 2½ hours of 8K video, it may not matter

A zoom with a view

Celebrate spring with some landscape loveliness. Here are the best-buy zoom lenses for capturing the great outdoors

Take in the view

When it comes to sweeping shots, wide-angle lenses give you the bigger picture

What to look for…

Important, landscape-friendly features

Prime time

If you’re determined to get a prime, there are some good manual options

Nikon AF-P DX 10-20mm f/4.5-5.6G VR

£264/$307

Nikon Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR

£329/$297

Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5- 4.5 Di II VC HLD

£499/$499

Tokina AT-X 11-20mm f/2.8 AF Pro DX

£499/$499

Nikon AF-S 16-35mm f/4G ED VR

£979/$1097

Nikon Z 14-30mm f/4 S

£1129/$1297

Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM | A

£1269/$1299

Nikon Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S

£2385/$2397

The winners are… FX Nikon Z 14-30mm f/4 S DX Tamron 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD

Nikon, Sigma and Tamron share the FX and DX honours for landscape lenses

An ode to my D800

Mike Harris celebrates the 10th anniversary of a full-frame behemoth that’s still a viable option for photographers on a budget