Digital Camera World

Digital Camera is the definitive guide to digital SLR photography and will show you how to improve any digital photo. It’s packed with practical photography advice and Photoshop tutorials to help you become a better digital photographer. With buying advice to help you choose the DSLR, compact system camera, lens, tripod, printer, or camera bag that’s right for you, it covers all DSLRs including Canon EOS/Rebel and Nikon systems. The perfect title for both amateur and pro photographers

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Let us eat cake! • Food photographer Bea Lubas will speak at The Photography & Video Show. Niall Hampton finds out more

How Bea Lubas edits her food photos • An Adobe Lightroom ambassador, our pro uses the desktop and mobile versions of the software

Essential ingredients for tasty food shots • The camera kit and accessories that Lubas keeps in her photography larder

Photo Active • 10 things you can shoot, edit and create this month, from still-life to spring flora and outdoor Easter events

How to make portraits pop • Use depth of field and other techniques to direct the viewer’s attention and improve your shots says James Paterson

Easter events • Consider your aperture settings when shooting outdoor activities this Easter, says Roddy Llewellyn

Give colour grading a go • Claire Gillo takes you through the Color Grading feature in Lightroom Classic

Have some flat lay fun! • Make creative scenes using items from nature, a piece of white card and a reflector. Claire Gillo explains how

Transform your raw files with our bonus toning profiles • This pack of 10 software extras for Lightroom and Camera Raw will kick-start your creative processing, says George Cairns

Get smokin’ shots • Looking for a creative project to do indoors? Have some fun with incense, suggests Benedict Brain

Capture spring flora with a macro look • Now’s the perfect time to get down to the woods and capture spring in all its glory, says Chris Rutter, who explains how to use a telephoto lens for macro results

Hare around this spring • The new season is a great opportunity to practise using your camera’s autofocus tools

‘Water’ photo challenge • Send us your best image featuring water to win a £50 voucher towards Cewe Wall Art

The art of seeing • Benedict Brain says it’s a small world, and you never know who you will bump into again…

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Hotshots • Winners from Close-up Photographer of the Year 5 (2023)

HOW TO MASTER THE ART OF LANDSCAPES • Discover how to shoot and create eye-catching images with 11 inspiring projects for taking your scenics to the next level.

1 CAPTURE EPIC COMPOSITIONS • Take a step back and compose your scene before you press the shutter

2 FRAME LIKE AN ARTIST • Think of a scene as a selection of shapes, and arrange them with careful camera positioning

3 SMEAR YOUR WAY TO SUCCESS • Employ an age-old technique to add artistic blur to a scene and conjure up a romantic, diffused mood

4 PLAY THE LONG GAME • Accentuate movement with a long exposure

5 SPLIT-TONE A MONO SCENE • A black and white rendition is a surefire way to add timeless appeal, but split-toning takes moody mono to new heights

6 PAINT WITH YOUR CAMERA • Something that photographers usually try hard to eliminate, camera shake is the effect that’s desired here

7 TILT ON TREES • Use vertical intentional camera movement for magical tree images

8 ADD ATMOSPHERE...