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***

N Photo • This issue’s special contributors…

Welcome to issue 141

Out to sea • Our apprentice shoots seaside structures along the Jurassic Coast, with landscape pro Mark Bauer

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PRO PORTFOLIO MARK BAUER

LIGHTBOX • Selected Nikon images from the Prints for Wildlife 2022 fundraiser

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How to… Stand out from the crowd • Shoot familiar subjects in fresh ways to beat the social media influencers, with the help of travel photographer Dave Williams

Choose your words with care • One of the more unexpected facets of becoming a professional photographer is that you will become a role model to those following behind you

N Photo Nikon Skills • Ingenious recipes for stunning shots

Project one: Core skills Balancing act • Mike Harris shows you a variety of ways to keep your white balance in check – and how you can fix it in post

Project two: Creative techniques Seeing red • Mike Harris photographs a series of red subjects and uses them to create an eye-catching montage

Project three: Essential gear skills A ride on the wild side • Join Adam Waring on a once-in-a-lifetime experience, photographing ‘the Big Five’ on a safari game drive

Project four: Affinity Photo Raw power to the people • James Paterson shares his top tips and tricks for editing portraits with Affinity Photo’s Raw tools

Project five: Adobe CC Add atmosphere with digital lightbeams • Jon Adams shows how you can turn good shots into great shots with your free Lightbeam Brush Kit

Project six: The big project Core blimey • James Paterson explains how you can photograph jaw-dropping galactic core and light-paint night-time scenes

Shooting stars • PLAN YOUR NIGHT-TIME SHOOT TO ENSURE A CLEAR VIEW OF THE MILKY WAY

Night-time light-painting • COMPLEMENT THE STARRY NIGHT SKY BY LIGHT‑PAINTING THE LANDSCAPE

Highland light • Tom travels north of the border to the Scottish Highlands, and shows you how to make the most of different lighting conditions

Gurvir Johal • Gurvir Johal has risen to become one of the world’s most sought-after photographers of Asian weddings. He tells Keith Wilson what it’s like to be among 400 guests for days, how he developed his eye for detail, and how it felt to be named the best wedding photographer in the UK and Europe…

The Empty Quarter • Nonagenarian Tor Eigeland has seen it all in his decades as a photojournalist. Here he reflects on a 1970s visit to Saudi Arabia…

Readers’ letters • We’d love to hear your thoughts on the mag and all things photographic! You can write to us, message us or share your images in the following ways:

TOP 10 THINGS TO SEE AT THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW & THE VIDEO SHOW 2022 • Get hands-on with the latest Nikon kit, hear top-name pro photographer speakers, bag yourself a show bargain, and more!

We have liftoff • Norman Fuller uses an old Nikon FM10 shutter and a DIY flash and trigger to capture incredible in-camera sequences of insects in flight

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