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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Horse play? Neigh bother… • Leading equine photographer Emma Campbell captures fine-art portraits of horses and their riders with a simple setup. Niall Hampton tacks along

Campbell’s kit bag for equine portraits • This month’s pro favours natural light and strives to keep things simple

Top tips for editing equine captures • Having captured her raw files, here’s what Campbell does next to produce fine-art prints fit for taking pride of place on the walls of her clients

Photo Active • 10 things you can shoot, edit or create this month, from stately homes to camels and cycle races

Urban portraits • Wendy Evans roams the graffiti-daubed city streets in search of atmospheric backdrops for gritty urban portraits

Pedal power • Wendy Evans breaks out the lycra and gets on her bike for some racing photography

Turning photos into art • Wendy Evans concludes her whistle-stop tour of the practical uses of Photoshop 2024’s new Generative Fill feature by creating some artwork

Stately homes and gardens • Wendy Evans doesn’t live in a very big house in the country, but she knows how to photograph them

Ultimate sharpness • Wendy Evans explains how to combine images and get scenics sharper than a Savile Row suit

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Photographing fleeting fog from above • Fergus Kennedy sends in the drones to capture that most mercurial of weather events, morning fog

Ships of the desert • Jakub Bors explains what to look for when exploring the Sahara desert

If you could turn back time… • … it wouldn’t be to sing Cher songs – it would be to recapture the halcyon days of analogue film cameras, suggests Wendy Evans

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

The art of seeing • Benedict Brain reflects on making portraits along the East African coast

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Hotshots • Our showcase of winning images from Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2024

IT’S TIME TO GO MANUAL! • Capture your creative vision by taking back control of exposure, focusing, white balance and more – Dan Mold shows you how

1 UNDERSTAND THE EXPOSURE TRIANGLE • Improve your shots by getting to grips with the fundamentals of exposure

2 CHOOSE TO SPEED UP OR SLOW DOWN • Reduce or increase motion in your photos by changing the shutter speed

3 BOOST THE SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT WITH ISO • To control exposure, turn down your ISO in bright sunny conditions and ramp it up in poorly lit environments

4 SHOULD YOU SHOOT IN RAW OR JPEG FORMAT? • We explain the differences between the two formats and why you should start shooting in raw if you don’t already

5 METERING MODES & THE HISTOGRAM EXPLAINED • Explore the different algorithms your camera bases its exposure settings on

6 FOCUS MANUALLY FOR MORE PRECISE CONTROL • To make sure your subjects are totally pin-sharp, take back control of focusing

7 CHANGE YOUR DRIVE MODE • Fast-paced action and carefully crafted landscapes require a vastly different approach to your camera’s Drive mode settings

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