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 162

Pour-traits • Halo Haynes throws our apprentice in at the deep end – but does she sink or swim?

TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

HOW TO EDIT: WATER PORTRAITS

PRO PORTFOLIO HALO HAYNES

LIGHTBOX • Our favourite Nikon images from the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition

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How to… Capture the Lakes • Landscape photographer Edyta Rice takes you on a visual journey through Britain’s best-loved national park, and shows how you can take your best-ever images of its stunning scenery

Things you need to know • Britain’s foremost national park is a landscape photographer’s dream, but whether it’s on your doorstep or a once-in-a-lifetime trip, it pays to heed our advice before setting out

Art of preparation • While it may be tempting to make a beeline for the Lake District at the next available opportunity, it pays to do your research to ensure you’re prepared for any eventuality

Seasonal compositions • There are photo opportunities throughout the year, from the russet hues of autumn and snow-capped peaks of winter to the new life of spring and hazy scenes of summer

Helpful tools • While we all love being out in nature, reproducing the epic scenes unfolding before your eyes in an impactful photograph will also require spending time in the digital darkroom

High & low-key images • Try employing a more unconventional approach to processing your images to help to convey the mood and feeling that you want your photographs to evoke in the viewer

Umbrian odyssey • Tom ventures to a lesser-known region of Italy, uncovering dramatic landscapes while avoiding the hustle and bustle with fewer crowds

Nikon Skills • Ingenious recipes for stunning shots

Magic carpets • Mark Bauer gives you the best shot at finding and capturing lush carpets of bluebells this spring

Take it outside • Mike Harris shows you how to capture stunning portraits on location and in golden light

Cabin fervour • Tracey Welch boards a narrowboat and captures the spirit of the waterways

Raw portrait power • James Paterson shows you how to use the Develop Persona in Affinity Photo to enhance your Raw portraits

Generate AI backdrops • Meet the filter that creates backgrounds based on a few words, James Paterson shows you how

A place in the sunset • Stitch together a set of sunset silhouettes and master key skills with James Paterson

The set-up: Sunset stitches • LEARN HOW TO SHOOT A SET OF SILHOUETTED PORTRAITS AT SUNSET

Top tips for striking silhouettes

Build a sunset stitch • COMBINE YOUR SET OF SILHOUETTED PORTRAITS IN PHOTOSHOP WITH SIMPLE LAYER MASKING SKILLS

Shoot for a sunstar • USE A NARROW APERTURE TO CREATE A SUNSTAR EFFECT AS AN EXTRA BONUS

John Miskelly • The landscape photos of John Miskelly are renowned for their carefully composed framing and long exposures – revealing a natural curiosity, as Keith Wilson discovers

DEFINING FINE ART • MORE AND MORE PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE...