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 126

Flight path • Our Apprentice flocks to England’s largest seabird colony with wildlife pro Andrew Mason

PRO KIT GET A GRIP

TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

PRO KIT GIMBAL HEAD

EXPERT INSIGHT KNOW YOUR SUBJECT

EXPERT INSIGHT FLOWERY FOREGROUNDS

PRO KIT GO LONG

HOW TO: CAPTURE FLIGHT

BE OUR NEXT APPRENTICE!

PRO PORTFOLIO ANDREW MASON

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

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Winning sports shots! • From tennis to track-and-field and swimming to soccer, sports supremo and Nikon Ambassador Joel Marklund shares his secrets for gold-worthy images

Uploading images

JPEG or Raw?

Dealing with contrast

Reuse your old cameras

Tempers and personality

Converting time into sales • Knowing when to invest extra time and effort into a shoot – and post-production – will save both time and money in the long run…

A little bit of drama • Mike Harris photographs a seaside sunset with a moody twist on the rugged East Yorkshire coastline

Slicin’ and dicin’ • Mike Harris shoots and edits a time-slice, to convey the passage of time in a single still image

Prism portraits • Mike Harris uses an inexpensive glass prism and budget lens to add creative flare to portraits

Blended to perfection • James Paterson shows how to use exposure blending in Affinity Photo for superbly balanced landscapes

Magic mandala paintings • James Paterson creates masterful mandala patterns with Symmetry Painting in Photoshop

Portraits at sunset • James Paterson shows how you can shoot vibrant photos of your friends and family at sundown - even if the sun doesn’t appear

Stunning sundowners • SET UP AN OUTDOOR OFF-CAMERA FLASH TO LIGHT YOUR SUBJECT FOR DRAMATIC SUNSET PORTRAITS

Get set up for sunset portraits

Enhancing your sunset tones • WHETHER SHOOTING PORTRAITS OR LANDSCAPES, USE THESE TONAL TRICKS TO BOOST YOUR SUNSETS

Match the temperatures • BALANCE OUT THE COLOUR TEMPERATURE BETWEEN THE FLASH AND THE SETTING SUN

There and back again • Photographing the mountains of New Zealand from different perspectives came with a few surprises along the way…

Daisy Gilardini • Through her images of polar bears, seals and penguins, Daisy Gilardini has become one of the best-known photographers of wildlife in Antarctica and the Arctic. Keith Wilson hears why she believes photography is vital to saving the creatures that she loves…

* THE POLAR BEAR LENS • THERE IS ONE LENS THAT DAISY ALWAYS TURNS TO WHEN PHOTOGRAPHING POLAR BEARS…

CONSERVATION PHOTOGRAPHY • INCREASINGLY, WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE DESCRIBING THEMSELVES AS CONSERVATION PHOTOGRAPHERS…

So near and yet so Faroe • Photographer Pawel Zygmunt documents the epic scenery and wild weather of his...