Digital Camera World

Digital Camera is the definitive guide to digital SLR photography and will show you how to improve any digital photo. It’s packed with practical photography advice and Photoshop tutorials to help you become a better digital photographer. With buying advice to help you choose the DSLR, compact system camera, lens, tripod, printer, or camera bag that’s right for you, it covers all DSLRs including Canon EOS/Rebel and Nikon systems. The perfect title for both amateur and pro photographers

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HOW TO GET YOUR DIGITAL GIFTS

Queen of the crystal skulls • Alistair Campbell joins Lucy Rose Tindall as she instils new life into inanimate objects by finely crafting light, shape and colour in the comfort of her home studio

Finding the right power and colour

Lucy’s still-life shooting setup • Top tips for capturing small objects in a big way

Bring some style to your still-life shots • Understanding colour can be the key to success

Five ways to shoot pro still-life at home • Lucy explains how to get the most perfect shots from your home studio equipment

Go wireless for maximum lighting control

Get streaks ahead • Alistair Campbell makes good use of the darker nights by shooting long exposure techniques in busy bus lanes

How to work smart when shooting light trails

Reduce the noise in your night photos

The wonders of dark skies • Hanna Baguley describes how she creates her otherworldly images of north Wales

Close-up colours • Shoot some creative projects from the comfort of home this winter

A purrfect portrait • Elke Vogelsang describes how she captures cats and dogs in action in the studio

Edible editing • Lightroom ambassador Beata Lubas explains how she uses post-production to create her appetising images

Go with the flow • Dave Wilson explains how you can look beyond bleak weather for free-flowing results

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Purple haze • There’s no better time than winter for capturing beautifully vibrant sunsets, says Alistair Campbell

A winter wonderland • Carl Hare explains how to capture the aurora borealis, mother nature’s greatest light show, from Svalbard in Norway

Carl’s top tips for photographing the High Arctic

Moving mountains • Thomas Müller explains how to capture a beautiful scene as autumn changes to winter

Walk this way • Louisa Tucker develops her camera skills in the local woodlands

Louisa’s advice for fabulous photo walks

The art of seeing • Benedict Brain kindles an obsession with covered motorbikes as unlikely street art

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Hotshots • Highlights from the winning and shortlisted entries of the Weather Photographer of the Year Awards 2022

PAINTING WITH LIGHT • Head out after dark and bring the world to life with your camera, a few torches and a good dose of imagination. Dan Mold shows you how…

1 GET THE RIGHT GEAR • Get started with our kit bag essentials for painting-with-light photography

PRO TIP DARK CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES FOR PAINTING WITH LIGHT

2 PAINTING WITH LIGHT: FOUR QUICK IDEAS TO TRY • Try these four light-graffiti techniques to kickstart your painting-with-light portfolio

LIGHT UP STILL LIFE • ADD ELECTRIFYING LIGHTING TO YOUR STILL LIFE SCENES AT HOME

PAINT A STICK FIGURE • PAINTING A STICK FIGURE WITH A HUMBLE TORCH IS SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE

GEOMETRIC SPIRALS • CREATE FANTASTIC ABSTRACT SHAPES AT HOME

3 LIGHT UP YOUR SCENES •...