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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Jasper Doest • The award-winning nature photographer talks to Graeme Green about telling stories, inspiring people – and a flamingo named Bob

How to take photos with purpose

The big question What good can photography do?

Glorious food • Create appetising images with a basic camera setup. Bea Lubas shows you how

Same spaces • Jeremy Fennell works to find new shots in the same area during lockdown

Street car desire • Kira Gardner merges her love for classic cars and her eye for colour into a weekend hunting hobby

Banish flat light • Alistair Campbell brings some punch to overcast images

Breach and clear • Chris Kennedy creates sets from scratch for cinematic model photography

The setup • How Chris Kennedy creates his cinematic masterpieces

First steps to fashion • Alistair Campbell shoots some simple portraits with a model

Kestrel in flight • Wildlife and aviation aficionado Max Pickering explains how he captured this kestrel along the golden beaches of Cornwall

Full steam ahead • Roddy Llewellyn captures the spirit of a bygone age by taking a journey on a heritage railway

Touching the sky • Alfa Bile throws stars over the city

Leading lights • Wayne Ridley adds light trails to his roster of photo skills

The art of seeing • Benedict Brain turns his camera on himself this month and explores ideas around self-portraiture

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

1 Explore shapes in your surroundings • Looking at the world in a different way by capturing shapes and shadows can build up a decent selection of abstract imagery for your archive, says Roddy Llewellyn

SEVEN-SHOT CHALLENGE TAKE A CREATIVE IMAGE DAILY • Can you shoot these seven subjects in your own home and neighbourhood in the next seven days? You’re guaranteed to create fresh and distinctive images

2 Spring-clean your lenses • Home photography means dust, dirt and smears on your optics. Now’s the time to get rid of them

3 Create liquid colour abstracts at home • Inspired by the works of artist Jackson Pollock, Niamh Cottle captures abstract colour masterpieces using everyday items found in her kitchen

COLOUR ABSTRACTS THE SETUP • A few simple household items and a basic camera setup are all you need to create abstract photos

EDITING FINISH YOUR ABSTRACT MASTERPIECE • Simple tools in editing software such as Photoshop add the finishing touch

4 Bag a best-buy photo product for home use • These top-rated photographic accessories will help...