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 130

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Grounds force • Our Apprentice’s photography skills bloom under the tutelage of garden pro Andrea Jones

TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

EXPERT INSIGHT HEADY HEIGHTS

HOW TO: BLEND A BRACKET

EXPERT INSIGHT FLOWERY CLOSE-UPS

PRO PORTFOLIO ANDREA JONES

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

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Wildlife at your door • Wildlife pro Andrew Mason shows you how to photograph a lifetime’s worth of superb subjects without ever leaving the UK

Right here, right now • It’s light that makes a photo, but unless you work solely in a virtual world, the physical location in which you create images has a vital role to play

A shot in the dark • If ISO seems scary, don’t let it haunt you any longer! Mike Harris captures high-quality shots in low light

Pint-sized planets • Mike Harris shows you how to fake a 360-degree camera effect to create an awesome miniature world

Walk this way • Mike Harris shows how to maximize time spent with your camera by planning and prepping a photo walk

Change the channel • James Paterson shows how to modify Channels in Affinity Photo to make incredibly intricate selections in mere seconds

Monochrome perfection • James Paterson creates perfect black-and-white photos in seconds with Profiles in Photoshop’s Camera Raw

Place in the sun • We’re usually told to keep our subjects out of direct sunlight, but with the right skills a sunny spot can lead to fantastic portraits, as James Paterson demonstrates

Luck of the Irish? • So-called ‘lucky shots’ are often the result of relentless perseverance and hard work, so make sure that you put in the extra graft

Andy Parkinson • He may be one of Britain’s most awarded and widely published wildlife photographers, but Andy Parkinson says much of his success is down to luck. He tells Keith Wilson about the photographers who have inspired him, the importance of shooting locally, and why he loves foxes…

WHY AWARDS MATTER • WITH MORE THAN 80 INTERNATIONAL PRIZES, ANDY IS ONE OF EUROPE’S MOST AWARDED WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHERS…

INSTAGRAM FAN • WITH MORE THAN 200,000 FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM, ANDY IS WELL PLACED TO EXPLAIN THE VALUE OF SOCIAL MEDIA TO HIS WORK…

Back in the groove • Music photographer Tracey Welch has been back at Leeds Reading festival for the first time in two years, but what’s a post-pandemic festival like?

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Readers’ letters

The best from our companion website

Into the woods • Travel restrictions forced David Shaw to search out landscape subjects closer to home and encouraged him to explore his local woodland

Infrared insects • Sara Jazbar combined two of her photography...