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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Home studios are where the art is • David Shoukry works from a purpose-built studio next to his house. Niall Hampton discovers how David creates his distinctive editorial portraiture

Levitation inspiration • Sarah Bowman shoots an ethereal composite

All aboard • Brad Matthews visits Scotland for the first time to capture its timeless beauty

Beacons of hope • Steve Crump shoots the UK’s lighthouses to capture their individual stories

Searching the streets for single moments • Burnham Arlidge creates distinctive images that capture the hustle and bustle of modern life by manipulating space and time

Chasing stars • Scott van Schayk shoots the Northern Lights and the southern stars

Winter in the Highlands • David Ball heads to Glencoe to capture the winter landscape and offers his sunrise shooting tips

Perfect presets • Alistair Campbell shows how to create your own look in Lightroom and save it

Winter wings • Sean Weekly heads to Slovakia to practise his long-lens skills on a goshawk in flight

Express your self • Nicole Osula finds selfworth in photographing subjects similar to her own appearance

Reader photo challenge • This month’s challenge has moved to Camera College – see page 70

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The art of seeing • Benedict Brain explores plant portraits through the harsh beauty of the rose

STAY AT HOME PHOTOGRAPHY • Keep calm and camera on with our guide to projects you can complete indoors

1 Capture oil to produce awesome artworks • Roddy Llewellyn shows you how to produce impressive results on a budget.

2 Get creative indoors with a lensball • This popular photographic accessory uses light refraction to invert images. But you can also use it as a faux macro lens for distinctive results, says Bruce Malcolm

3 How to prepare your photos for printing • As an unusual year comes to an end, what better time to share your photos with friends and family and look forward to 2021 in style?

4 Send us your shots and star in our photo gallery • Digital Camera readers show us how they’ve been getting creative at home

TAKE YOUR BEST EVER PHOTOS IN 2021 • Claire Gillo shares 29 ways to take your photography aspirations to the next level in the new year

Camera College • The complete guide to modern photography

Clean up your food with Affinity Photo • Frequency Separation isn’t just for faces: it can also work wonders for food photography – in a matter of seconds

Shot of the month • Harklkaran captures life in a rural Punjab village through an intimate and human lens

Hotshots • Selected images from the 2020 Aerial Photography Awards

Perimeter • Quintin Lake emerges from lockdown to continue his photo walk of the UK

Create black-and-white masterpieces in seconds • Produce a variety of classic mono A4 or A3 prints the easy way with our custom-made templates for Photoshop CC

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