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 146

Portraits with character! • Our apprentice learns the art of character portraiture, shooting professional soldiers

TECHNIQUE ASSESSMENT

HOW TO: PROCESS PORTRAITS

PRO PORTFOLIO JOHNNY FENN

LIGHTBOX • Our favourite Nikon images from the 15th Environmental Photographer of the Year competition

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MASTER RAW! • Transform your captures with just 10 essential edits using Adobe Photoshop CC’s Camera Raw. Dan Mold shows you how to finesse your skills

1 HOW TO CROP AND FIX LENS DEFECTS • Some simple tweaks to get you familiarized and started in ACR

2 BASIC RAW EXPOSURE ADJUSTMENTS • Lift the shadows, retain highlight detail, adjust your exposure and boost colours in this important editing stage

3 SHARPEN YOUR SHOTS FOR BETTER DETAIL • Use the Detail panel to create razor-sharp images with sharpening and masking options

4 REDUCE DIGITAL NOISE TO SMOOTHEN YOUR SHOTS • How to smooth out graininess and unsightly noise

5 USE TARGETED ADJUSTMENTS TO ENHANCE YOUR IMAGE • Edit smaller portions of the frame with specialized adjustment tools before fine-tuning the final image

6 FIX GEOMETRIC DISTORTION WITH THIS GREAT TECHNIQUE • Go to the Geometry panel to stop buildings from ‘leaning’

7 TAKE CONTROL OF COLOUR • Finesse your colours and tones with ease

8 CONVERT TO CLASSIC BLACK & WHITE • Simple steps for creating a striking moody mono masterpiece

9 ENHANCE YOUR PORTRAITS WITH THE SPOT REMOVAL TOOL • Discover how to tidy up blemishes and remove distractions easily

10 SAVE AND EXPORT YOUR FILES • Finish off your work by saving your edited photos

N Photo Nikon Skills • Ingenious recipes for stunning shots

* Project one: Core skills Supercharge your skills • Mike Harris provides easy-to-implement tips that will help to improve your photography for 2023

* Project two: Creative techniques Sphere of the dark • Mike Harris shows you how to add multiple orbs of light to your images with this light-painting technique

* Project three: Essential gear skills Make a mini movie scene • Mike Harris uses a macro lens and LED lights to capture a film-like image of a tiny action figure

* Project four: Adobe CC Create stunning mono images • Jon Adams shows how to use your gift to craft classic B&W finishes

* Project five: The big project The long and short of it • James Paterson shoots better blur by shutter-blending to combine longer and shorter exposures in a single frame

Shirlaine Forrest • Whether shooting rock gigs, fashion models or the high-speed track sport of roller derby, Shirlaine Forrest is one of the busiest photographers you will ever meet. She pauses just long enough to tell Keith Wilson why she always carries a bag of sweets and how Bob the Builder fixed it for her

Shoot for the moon • Photographer and Apollo missions obsessive Andy Saunders carefully restored thousands of film frames for his Apollo Remastered project

Readers’ letters

Picture books •...