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 123

Midnight Sun • This issue’s intrepid Apprentice joins travel, landscape, and wildlife pro Chris McLennan in the pristine Arctic wilderness of Svalbard

TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

PRO KIT NIKON 180-400MM F/4E TC1.4

EXPERT INSIGHT THE GOLDEN HOURS

PRO KIT MY BAG!

EXPERT INSIGHT SHOOT INTO THE SUN

EXPERT INSIGHT BURST MODE

EXPERT INSIGHT THE RIGHT MOMENT

EXPERT INSIGHT BEHIND YOU!

PRO KIT ICEBREAKER!

BE OUR NEXT APPRENTICE!

PRO PORTFOLIO CHRIS MCLENNAN

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

READER OFFER FREE LOWEPRO TAHOE 150 BACKPACK • Take out a year’s subscription to N-Photo: The Nikon Magazine and get 13 issues direct to your door, plus a Lowepro Tahoe 150 backpack worth £66.95 for carrying your Nikon gear…

Backyard beasts! • Get ready to photograph amazing wildlife no matter where you live with Tom Mason and his comprehensive tips and tricks

Pre-visualize goals as you do images • Pre-visualizing images is something photographers do every day, but pre-visualizing business goals is every bit as important

Project one: Core skills Wizard of odds • Mike Harris uses the rule of odds, colour theory and a pop-up background to photograph a classic still life

Project two: Creative techniques Mirror images • Mike Harris uses a little smoke and plenty of mirrors to capture a series of creative portraits you can shoot at home

Project three: Essential gear skills Build a photo studio • Need somewhere to photograph subjects without leaving the house? Adam Waring converts a spare room into a home studio…

Project four: Affinity Photo A portrait balancing act • James Paterson shows how to craft balanced portrait compilations and create your own layouts in Affinity Photo

Project five: Adobe CC Profiles in action • James Paterson demonstrates how to create your own custom image treatments to transform the look of any photo

Project Six: The big project Blurred of a feather • James Paterson shows you how to convey the motion of wildlife with beautiful blur using simple camera skills

Motion-blurred wildlife photography • GET SET UP TO CAPTURE BEAUTIFUL BLUR IN YOUR ANIMAL PHOTOS

Top tips: Motion blur wildlife

Essential camera skills • GET YOUR GEAR READY FOR MOTION BLUR ANIMAL PHOTOGRAPHY

WHAT HI FI?

Fill your life with adventures… • Patience is obviously a virtue, but sometimes a little bit of manners is what you really need

Einar Gudmann • In the land of glaciers and volcanoes, Einar Gudmann is one half of Iceland’s premier photography team capturing the country’s unique natural beauty. He tells Keith Wilson why he enjoys photographing sea eagles, waterfalls, lava fields and Arctic foxes in sub-zero temperatures…

WHERE EAGLES DARE? • THE PHOTO ABOVE IS ONE OF EINAR AND GYDA’S FAVOURITE IMAGES OF A SEA EAGLE LANDING AT ITS NEST…

DSLR DINOSAUR?

The sky at night • Astrophotographer Adam Woodworth travelled the length and breadth...