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 133

22 for 2022! • We look back on 22 of our finest Apprentices over the past 10 years of N-Photo

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

READER OFFER FREE LOWEPRO TRUCKEE 150 BAG • Take out a year’s subscription to N-Photo: The Nikon Magazine and get 13 issues direct to your door, plus a Lowepro Truckee 150 bag worth £70 for carrying your Nikon gear…

Shoot the seasons • As we begin a new year, we have all the seasons transforming the landscape to look forward to. Edyta Rice shares her secrets for getting the best shots of spring, summer, autumn and winter

Imagination versus technique • Photographic technique is all very well but, at the end of the day, it’s your imagination that creates something that has a real impact

NPhoto NikonSkills • Ingenious recipes for stunning shots

* Project one: Core skills Shoot for the stars • Mike Harris shows you how to capture pin-sharp stars and vibrant foregrounds to form ace night-time scenes

* Project two: Creative techniques Abstract portraits • Mike Harris uses slow shutter speeds and multiple exposures to capture a series of motion-blur portraits

* Project three: Essential gear skills Clean-up crew • Mike Harris uses VisibleDust’s Vswabs and VDust Plus solution to gently remove stubborn sensor stains

* Project four: Affinity Photo Make a splash • James Paterson shows you how to use our set of 37 free brushes to transform a portrait into a series of splashes and master key Affinity Photo skills

* Project five: Adobe CC New depths • James Paterson shows how to utilize the Depth Blur filter in Photoshop and blur out a distracting backdrop

* Project Six: The big project Ring-a-ring • James Paterson gets creative with ring lights for stunning pet photos and flattering portraits

What’s on your bucket list? • Tom Mackie reminisces about shooting one of his all-time bucket-list locations – on an all-expenses-paid trip

Isabelle Bacher • The lure of the remote and barren landscape of Arctic Norway has proven irresistible to Isabelle Bacher. The Austrian architect and photographer explains to Keith Wilson why she moved there for five years and what keeps her coming back for more…

* AURORA ADVICE • ISABELLE SHARES HER WELL-PRACTICED ADVICE ON HOW TO SHOOT THE NORTHERN LIGHTS…

* PRIME TIME LENSES • A LIFELONG NIKON USER, ISABELLE ALWAYS USES NIKON FAST FIXED-FOCAL-LENGTH LENSES…

Depths of despair • Wreck-diver Rick Ayrton documents his expedition to photograph the remains of the sister ship to the Titanic in its watery grave in the Aegean sea

Readers’ letters

www.DigitalCameraWorld.com The best from our companion website

Old meets new • Catherine Bohemier visits Japan for the third time and captures the juxtaposition between traditional attire and the modern world

Woodland wonders • Adrian Limani waits for misty weather and uses a little Photoshop trickery to capture fantastic forest-themed dreamscapes

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