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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Digital Camera World

Photo Active • 10 things you can shoot, edit and create this month, from historic waterways to woodlands and squirrels

Go nuts for squirrels • Wendy Evans explains how to get great shots of these furry animals

Go for a walk in the woods • Wendy Evans looks for trails and paths through the autumnal landscape

Give redeye a miss • Wendy Evans explains how we can mitigate or avoid the effects of using on-camera flash

How to capture canals and docks • Wendy Evans investigates the watery arteries of the Industrial Revolution

Messing about on the water • All aboard for a crash course in photographing sailing boats, with deck hand Wendy Evans

Photographing cloud shadows • Fergus Kennedy takes a drone photo that makes compositional use of the patches of light and dark on a partly cloudy day

Don’t get stuck in a rut • Brian Wakeling explains how get a winning shot from herds of deer

Historic streets • Andrew Bransby reveals the secrets of successfully shooting popular tourist hotspots at night

Woodland scene challenge • Send us your best shot to win a £50 voucher towards Cewe Wall Art

The art of seeing • Benedict Brain examines the tourist gaze and explores why we take ‘travel’ photographs

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Hotshots • Our showcase of the winning entries from the World Sports Photography Awards 2024

10 AMAZING AUTUMN PROJECTS TO SHOOT • With summer behind us and winter approaching, autumn is an exciting creative stopgap. James Abbott explores some of its possibilities

PROJECT 1 CAPTURE THE COAST • Take advantage of more forgiving sunrise and sunset times for explosive golden hour colour

PROJECT 2 CREATE A ‘ZOOM’ LANDSCAPE • Focus on colour and abstraction with the fun zoomburst technique for in-camera effects

PROJECT 3 USE A WINDOW AS A LIGHTBOX • Create stunningly detailed studio-quality macro shots of golden foliage using only natural light

PROJECT 4 HOW TO CAPTURE MISTY WOODLANDS • Misty mornings are a feature of autumn, bringing a sense of atmospheric calm to complex scenes

PROJECT 5 EDIT SCENICS IN LIGHTROOM • Transform your raw files into scenic masterpieces in Adobe Lightroom using just six simple steps

PROJECT 6 FILL THE FRAME • On cloudless mornings, forget the sky and focus on colour and atmosphere

PROJECTS 7-10 MORE AUTUMN IDEAS TO TRY • Don’t have time to take on one of our big photo projects? These easier options will deliver fantastic results in a flash

Reader gallery • Digital Camera readers show how they’ve been getting creative, submitting images across a range of genres

CAMERA CLINIC •  Master the art of modern photography

Get the knowledge • What’s macro and what isn’t?

Hardware for getting closer • A few ways to achieve a more magnified view

Pros and cons It’s a small world • Take a walk on the tiny side of life

Camera know-how Using focus bracketing • Hot to control depth of field

Lens tech Close focusing •...