N-Photo: the Nikon magazine

Every month we bring you 132-pages of step-by-step advice on how to get the best results from your Nikon digital SLR. Our camera skills section will show you how to shoot great pictures and how to edit them to make them even better! You'll be inspired by the beautiful images shot by top photographers and fellow readers. And you'll learn the basics through our Nikopedia reference pages – picking up tips from the pros with our exclusive interviews and masterclasses. ****Note: This digital edition is not printable and does not include the covermount items or supplements you would find with printed copies***

This issue’s special contributors…

Welcome to issue 159

Street life • Streetwise pro Lucy Hamidzadeh helps our apprentice overcome her fear of shooting solo

TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

HOW TO: EDIT STREET SHOTS

PRO PORTFOLIO

LIGHTBOX • Our favourite Nikon images from The 14th Epson International Pano Awards competition

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Photography ideas for 2024! • James Paterson shows you how to kick-start your creativity this new year with a host of Nikon tips, tricks and photo inspiration

Somewhere above the mist • Tom Mackie shows how to get the most from iconic locations – and sets you a challenge to improve your compositional skills

Nikon Skills • Ingenious recipes for stunning shots

Project one: Misty landscapes Hit and mist • Haven’t got the foggiest idea how to shoot misty landscapes? Stu Meech shows you how…

Project two: Retouching Separate ways • Mike Harris shows you how to use frequency separation to retouch a portrait in Adobe CC

Project three: Architecture Look up • Mike Harris photographs a busy abbey, but avoids the crowds by capturing a look-up shot of its stunning 16th-century ceiling

Project four: Affinity Photo Prints charming • James Paterson evokes the visual charm of old film prints using our free textures pack for Affinity Photo

Project five: Adobe CC White balancing act • James Paterson adds temperature shifts and fixes casts with Camera Raw and Lightroom

Project six: The big project Flash fungi • Master macro with off-camera flash to capture mushroom photos with James Paterson

Back issues

Göran Strand • Swedish photographer Göran Strand has been star-struck since he was a child. Today, he is one of the world’s pre-eminent astrophotographers. He sheds some light for Keith Wilson about shooting lunar halos, solar eclipses and the Northern Lights…

Learning space • Photography student Shelby Nolan-Hoare explains how her course has helped her take her photography to an award-winning level

NIKOPEDIA • The only camera manual you’ll ever need…

How much noise is too much? • Just because you can see the noise, it doesn’t mean it’s a problem…

Step by step Ways to keep the noise down • You can use both in-camera and software tools to smooth out your high-ISO shots

Auto ISO • It’s one of our favourite Nikon features!

Types of image noise • There are actually two types of noise, not one

WHEN TO CHANGE ISO • Changing the ISO is easy; working out when to do it and what to change it to is the hard part

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

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2023 • The search for the world’s best Nikon photographer of 2023 is finally over! Each issue the monthly N-Photo POTY photo contest’s top 10 images have been selected by the N-Photo team – but this month we pick the best of the best and crown our winner of the N-Photo...