Digital Camera Magazine

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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Siobhán Doran • A series of images from the book Houses that Sugar Built gave this Irish photographer a category win at 2024’s Sony World Photography Awards. Niall Hampton finds out more

Rooms with a view • Tips for shooting architecture

The house that I grew up in • Memories of Manila by co-author Gina Consing McAdam

Photo Active • 10 things you can shoot, edit and create this month, from night portraits and regattas to horse racing and markets

Night portraits • Wendy Evans roams the city streets after dark, armed with a camera and a flashgun

Messing about on the water • Wendy Evans heads to her local regatta to capture all the action of competitive rowing

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Replacing backgrounds using AI • Wendy Evans explains how to use Photoshop’s Generative Fill to create entirely new image backgrounds

A day at the races • Wendy Evans takes a punt on an outside bet and discovers photographing racehorses is easier than picking a winner

Ethnic markets • Wendy Evans aims to capture the colour and character of marketplaces in faraway lands

A fly in the ointment • Tony Mathews arms himself with sugary water to entice tiny insects into his photographic lair

Getting started in drone photography • Fergus Kennedy takes to the skies in the first of a five-part serialisation of his book

Raptors in the wild • Clive Ingram braves the choppy waters off the Isle of Mull to capture a sea eagle diving on its prey

Historic buildings challenge • Send us your best image to win a £50 voucher towards Cewe Wall Art

The art of seeing • With iPhone photography and ‘appropriated art’, Benedict Brain continues his creative journey

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Hotshots • Professional winners from the Sony World Photography Awards 2024

STREAMS AND WATERFALLS • How to capture dynamic inland landscapes that burst with energy, with James Abbott

PART 1 ESSENTIAL KIT FOR BEST RESULTS • Leave nothing to chance by shooting with positive intent

PART 2 SHUTTER SPEED CONTROL • Change the mood of your moving water images by varying the shutter speed

PART 3 GET CLOSE, GO WIDE • Sometimes the best shot may require you to enter the water, so be prepared

PART 4 EXPLORE THE VIEWPOINTS • Work the location to find the best viewpoint and multiple compositions

PART 5 THINGS TO LOOK FOR/AVOID • Exploit the characteristics of your scene and learn how to bypass the most common pitfalls

PART 6 SHOOT WITH ND FILTERS • Get creative with your images by extending exposure times with different ND filters

PART 7 NOW FOR THE EDIT • How to get the most out of your raw files at the editing stage

CAMERA CLINIC •  Master the art of modern photography

Reader gallery • Show us how you’ve been getting creative by sending us your best shots and...