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 145

Waterworld • Our apprentice is plunged into a photo studio like no other with TankSpace resident pro Halo Haynes

TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

HOW TO: EDIT UNDERWATER

PRO PORTFOLIO HALO HAYNES

LIGHTBOX • Our favourite Nikon images from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022 competition

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25 top tips for… Stunning winter images! • Fill your flask, wrap up in your warmest outerwear and weatherproof your equipment before setting out to brave the elements with Ross Hoddinott, to capture magical images in snow, freezing fog and seasonal storms

Change is good • Everything in life seems to be changing and, in an ever-shifting world, just how do you ahead plan for your business?

Nphoto Nikon Skills • Ingenious recipes for stunning shots

* Project one: Core skills Home-grown pet portraits • Mike Harris photographs an experienced sit–sit–sitter using window light, a pop-up backdrop and a few LEDs

* Project two: Creative techniques Light up your Christmas • Adam Waring gets into the festive spirit by painting a Christmas tree, complete with light decorations

Project three: Essential gear skills Festive flat lay • Mike Harris uses a ‘nifty fifty’ to capture a tantalizing Christmas-themed flat lay you can shoot at home

* Project four: Affinity Photo Bloomin’ marvellous • James Paterson gets creative with flower composites, working with key layer blending skills in Affinity Photo

* Project five: Adobe CC Get a retro flavour with light leaks • Jon Adams turns back time with free light leak effects for on-trend images

* Project six: The big project Festive snow fakes • James Paterson shows how to put your kids in a snow globe and boost Christmas photos with free bokeh set

AHEAD OF THE CURVE, AND ENDLESSLY ENTERTAINING…

Beyond the classic image • Tom heads to the chilling temperatures of the Canadian Rockies with high hopes of coming back with more than just the pain of frostbite

Scarlet Page • She grew up surrounded by fame, yet Scarlet Page had to graft to become one of the UK’s leading music photographers. Keith Wilson hears how she ‘borrowed’ her dad’s lenses, captured nine frames with Paul McCartney and why she feels utterly intimidated by pop heart-throbs Duran Duran…

Life begins at 69 • Legendary music ’tog Denis O’Regan has shot some of rock’s biggest stars but regrets binning thousands of Bowie, Stones and Queen images…

Readers’ letters

Fantastic Mr Fox • Neil Greenhalgh’s been walking and talking with the animals again; this time he regales us with a tale about coming face-to-face with a fox

Faces in foliage • Jason Reid finds faces in the unlikeliest of places as he prepares his portfolio for another Royal Photographic Society qualification

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NIKOPEDIA • The only camera manual you’ll ever need…

Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 • Picture Controls apply a specific look to your images, and you can create your own unique styles with this free-to-download Nikon software

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