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

Digital Camera World

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Brent Stirton • Brent Stirton is one of the world’s hardest-working photojournalists, and his work features in a new book about global conservation. Steve Fairclough discovers more…

Brent’s tips Advice on visual storytelling

The big question What has kept you motivated?

Go ape! • Graham Borthwick uses the local zoo to fill the void of going on safari

Trees in motion • Mike Curry uses ICM for beautiful tree photography

Make the page pop • Claire Gillo shares her top tips on how to create a fairytale scene using three images

Side streets and visual treats • Alistair Campbell gets off the beaten track in the streets of south-east Asia

Collecting colours • Zephy Hood gathers everyday objects for quirky flat-lay scenes

Learn how to edit in Lightroom • Louise Carey shows you how to improve your raw files with some basic adjustments in Lightroom Classic CC’s Develop module

A touch of the silver screen • Damian McGillicuddy uses a studio setup to capture Hollywood-inspired shots

The early bird… • Lucy Masters explains why sunrise is her favourite time of day

Back to basics • Alistair Campbell reverts to a classic guide for composition

It’s a small world • Gary Clarke gets creative in the back garden with flowers and insects

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The art of seeing • Benedict Brain explores his archives and discovers a world of forgotten circular crops

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

1 How to clone yourself or a model in photos • Creating multiple versions of yourself and your loved ones in photos is easy, using the powerful overlaying techniques in Photoshop. Simeon Meinema is your guide

2 Shoot a seven-day photo challenge • Inspired by the challenge posed in our April issue, Liz Thompson took themed shots every day for a week. Here are the resulting images, and how she edited them

3 Create light-bending images with a Lensball • This inexpensive accessory can be easily accommodated in your camera bag, says Niamh Cottle, and will produce distinctive results across a variety of photo genres

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

LEVEL UP YOUR KIT BAG • Members of the Digital Camera team share what’s in their kit bag – and what they wish was in it!

Get the best from your lenses • Jon Adams and Andrew James explain why the glass on the front of your camera is so important – and reveal how to get the best possible performance from your go-to optics

Lenses: Top tips for using your optics • What you need to know for maximising optical performance and getting the best image...