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

Digital Camera World

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Your gifts • Download your gifts via digitalcameraworld.com/dc266

HOW TO GET YOUR DIGITAL GIFTS

Film is very much alive • Alistair Campbell joins Vince Lowe for an afternoon of cinematic nostalgia

Using adapters for old-school lenses

Using a digital camera to create a‘film’ effect

Consider your choice of film in a film camera

Pack perfect

Vince’s top five tips for shooting film

How to be pitch perfect • You don’t need a press badge to visit your local club and capture some fast-paced action

Get some shade • Learn how to shoot the streets with Darren Ridgway

How to be a rock star • Stuart Hamon sets his sights on shooting stunning seascapes during the golden hour

Round the river blend • Alistair Campbell shows how to salvage your incorrect exposures by blending them together with Adobe Lightroom’s HDR option

The queen’s gambit • Alistair Campbell uses a macro focusing rail to stack multiple subjects for a deeper depth of field

Happy snapping • The best camera is always the one you have with you, says Alistair Campbell

Creative light flaws • So many analogue ‘flaws’ have become desirable effects in the digital world, none more so than light leaks, says Liza Kanaeva-Hunsicker

Explore Filter Forge • Alistair Campbell tries out a powerful program for helping to create eye-catching images

Capture birds of prey in flight • Take a trip to your local falconry to test your telephoto skills

Egg-cellent! • Hop to it and shoot Easter eggs before the children get their hands on them

The art of seeing • Benedict Brain explores the Blackdown Hills in the wake of the Camden Town Group of artists

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Hotshots • The winners and highlights from Close-up Photographer of the Year

FIX YOUR FRAMING! • Learn how to create images with added impact using these tried and trusted techniques and expert insights from Jon Adams and Andrew James

1 Crop out the clutter Keep the frame simple

2 Designing your shot with shapes and space • Use the position and angle of your camera, plus the focal length of your lens, to frame up with confidence

PRO TIP HIGH OR LOW ANGLE?

Use viewfinder grids to help you • Choose from various overlay options to assist your eye and ensure that you’re on the level

Use space effectively • How to balance the different elements in your scene

PRO TIP DON’T ALWAYS USE THE OBVIOUS FOCAL LENGTH

How to use the rule of thirds • Adopt the classic compositional rule that has been around for over 2,500 years

3 Framing rules – and when to break them! • Choose between having harmony or tension

The secrets of symmetry • Ensure your viewer’s eye has no means of escape as you draw them into the frame!

4 Capturing the decisive moment • Time your shot so the subject’s position creates the composition

5 Shoot loose and compose later • When the action is fast and unpredictable, try to nail the basics

6 Try using different framing formats • Ensure your composition works well with the shapes in...