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 129

Photo gains • Fine art pro Benedict Brain devises a series of creative challenges for our unwitting Apprentice

TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

PRO KIT OBLIQUE STRATEGIES

EXPERT INSIGHT ALL IN THE MIND

PRO KIT LENSES

EXPERT INSIGHT FLEX YOUR MUSCLES

HOW TO: SHOOT A MULTI EXPOSURE

PRO KIT TRIPOD

EXPERT INSIGHT SHOOT A SERIES

BE OUR NEXT APPRENTICE!

PRO PORTFOLIO BEN BRAIN

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

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How to… Shoot the invisible WORLD • Adrian Davies shows you how to use your Nikon camera to capture subjects that the naked eye simply cannot see

How loyalty relates to the success of your business • Turning pro takes relationships and loyalty - and not just between you and your loved ones!

Nikon Skills • Ingenious recipes for stunning shots

Slow and steady • Mike Harris explains shutter speed and how you can use it to add a sense of motion to your landscapes

Pole position pot shots • Mike Harris proves that you don’t need to obtain trackside accreditation to capture professional-looking motor sports photographs

Distort a doggie • Mike Harris embraces barrel distortion and uses a fisheye lens to capture fun pet portraits in his garden

Make an old-school contact sheet • James Paterson creates a classic collage and shows how to use a host of key Affinity Photo skills

Colour grading explained • James Paterson demonstrates how to get to grips with this powerful tinting tool in Photoshop’s Camera Raw

Light owl • Take a projector out at night and direct images and shapes to create amazing artwork with James Paterson

Discover your bonus Sky Pack & Templates bundle • Use it with Luminar AI to see how creative you can get with skies – there are no limits!

A room with a view • Capturing unique images of classic views can sometimes be difficult, but booking the right hotel is a step in the right direction

David Doubilet • After more than half a century of assignments for National Geographic, David Doubilet continues to make waves in the world of underwater photography. He tells Keith Wilson about diving in Antarctica, choosing pictures for his new book, and why he loves Tasmania…

Animal magnetism • Fine art wildlife photographer Alfie Bowen is on a mission to help conserve the natural world and change the lives of people with autism through his remarkable animal images

Readers’ letters

Tide-angle shots • Colin Hamilton’s first DSLR encouraged him to take photography more seriously. Years later and he’s built a stunning landscape portfolio

Land of confusion • Sara Jazbar builds multiple exposures in post to convey the chaotic motion of bustling street scenes through a series of still images

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