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 152

Light on Broadway • Our apprentice captures an idyllic village and a photogenic folly with landscape pro Stu Meech

LIGHTBOX • Our favourite Nikon images from the Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year competition

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Wanderlust photography • Don’t just settle for holiday snaps next time you go on vacation: learn to capture inspiring travel images that immerse the viewer in the location. Edyta Rice explains how to shoot photographs that encourage ‘wanderlust’…

What is wanderlust? • We have always been driven by the desire to explore and discover. It’s not uncommon for us to push our boundaries, motivated only by the need to traverse the unknown

Getting started • Careful planning and a comprehensive checklist will help you focus on the mission and avoid being weighed down with bags of equipment… Travelling light is key

Be prepared • Research gets results. Do your homework on weather conditions, sun positions, seasonal changes and journey times to make sure that you get the best from your locations

Nailing your shots • From the dazzling Dutch tulip fields to the picturesque landscapes of Provence, every location offers its own magic – and lighting conditions are a critical factor

Build a portfolio • With the explosion in travel photography, you need to strive to be different… Be prepared to explore off the beaten track, away from tourist hotspots, and produce unique images

On the rocks • The exciting moment of pressing the shutter button couldn’t happen without planning, a long drive and a very early morning start…

NikonSkills • Ingenious recipes for stunning shots

Light up the dancefloor • Ben Davis shows you how to get into the groove and shoot dynamic dancefloor action like a pro

Get stacked • Mike Harris focus-stacks a thistle, and blends a close-up that’s sharp from front to back

Arch angle • Perfect planning allows Jerome Colombo to shoot a starburst within an arch

The sweetest blend • Forget selections and masks, says James Paterson: use Blend Options to create incredible composites

Creative clipping • Use clipping masks to craft a dynamic digital effect in Photoshop CC, with James Paterson

Work the room • Stop shooting inferior interiors and improve your lighting skills with James Paterson

Flash-paint your interior scenes • FIRE MULTIPLE FLASHES FOR SEVERAL FRAMES TO BALANCE INDOOR SPACES WITH WINDOWS

Shoot perfect interiors

Build it up • PIECE TOGETHER YOUR SERIES OF FLASH-LIT FRAMES IN PHOTOSHOP WITH SIMPLE MASKING SKILLS

Add a fire in Photoshop • LEARN HOW TO GIVE EMPTY FIREPLACES AN INVITING WARM GLOW WITH SIMPLE PHOTOSHOP BLENDING SKILLS

Lina Kayser • Few countries in Europe can match Norway for its natural wonders, as the photography of Lina Kayser demonstrates. With spectacular scenery and iconic wildlife so close to her home, she tells Keith Wilson why she’s in no hurry to go abroad…

The new big five • Wildlife photographer and author Graeme Green...