Digital Photographer

Launched in 2002, Digital Photographer is the ultimate monthly photography magazine, delivering indispensable, practical and hands-on shooting advice. Aimed at digital enthusiasts and professional photographers, Digital Photographer features the latest high-end kit reviews, expert interviews, practical shooting advice and image-editing tutorials to help you become a better photographer. We also showcase a selection of images from DP readers every month – the ideal launch pad for your career. Please note: Digital versions of the magazines do not include the covermount items or supplements that you would find on printed editions.

“Can photographers become filmmakers and are the two disciplines really that different?”

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OLYMPUS TEASES NEW PRODUCT RANGE • The‘new Olympus’, OM Digital Solutions, remains committed to Micro 4/3

Rest in peace LG Mobile • LG announces it will close its mobile phone business by 31 July 2021

Canon firmware offers updates aplenty • Three major firmware updates released for EOS R5, R6 and 1DX Mark III

Fujifilm Instax Mini 40 launched – style and function on a budget • Fujifilm officially launches a new retro instant camera

In other news • More snippets of photography news from around the world

STORY BEHIND THE STILL

Social shooting • Lauren Scott joins Ellis Reed in the Georgian city of Bath to talk shooting local, kit and the power of online photo communities

Ellis Reed

Why join a photo community? • Embrace the power of social media to connect and grow with similar photographers around you

Top tech and gear that Ellis uses most

Ellis’ steps for shooting this street scene

Photographer’s guide to pro video • Demystify the differences between stills and video and embrace the internet’s hottest content type

Choose your gear • Getting a good video camera might not be as difficult and expensive as you would imagine

Camera choice 1: DSLR/Mirrorless

Choose a microphone type • Improve your audio by choosing the best microphone for video

Camera choice 2: Cinema camera

HOW MANY BITS?

Best lens choices • Select the best optic for your requirements

Manage exposure • Adapt your technique for stills photography to correctly expose video clips

Choose a frame rate

Understand T-stops

Control your exposure • Learn to find the best shutter speed for the look you want

Composition and focus • Learn to create drama with your framing and camera movements

Pro: Simeon Quarrie • Canon Ambassador Simeon explains the importance of video in self-promotion and shooting both stills and video

Shoot specialist video • Create video content with specific requirements including drone footage and social media

Choose an Aspect Ratio • Control what the viewer sees with frame shape

Pro: Michael Gray • Video expert Michael Gray on shooting video content for social platforms and using drones for a fresh perspective

Pro: Victoria Grech • CEO of Video Marketer Victoria Grech shares tips on overcoming the uncertainty of learning new skills

The importance of aperture • Pro nature photographer Andy Parkinson shares what a difference changing the aperture can make to your wildlife shots

What you’ll need • Rent, buy or borrow these bits of kit

Andy Parkinson

What’s aperture all about? • Let’s take a refresher on the role of aperture when it comes to making images

Aperture controls • Everything you need to know about the aperture controls available on your...