Hotshots

Our highlights from the winning entries to the HIPA 2020 photography awards

Focus-stack shots for supreme sharpness

Use Affinity Photo’s Focus Merge command to combine a series of exposures into one mighty macro shot

Canon EOS R5 £4,199/$3,899

A combination of unsurpassed stills with fantastic, if frustrated, video

5 Ways To Capture Better Colour

Get vibrant, saturated shots with maximum impact

Behind the lens

A pro photographer makes a plea for common sense

Hotshots

Our highlights from the entries to the 2020 Sony World Photography Awards

Perimeter

Beauty blends with industrial decay as Quintin Lake continues his photo walk

The science of colour

Get a little colour theory under your belt

Push an accent colour in raw

Pick the colour that tells your story, and allow it to dominate your scene

Switch around a colour for impact

Subvert norms and get creative by changing your subject’s colours at will!

Shot of the month

An underwater image wins the big prize in this year’s HIPA photographic competition

Hot or cold? The mood of colour

Use temperature to evoke different emotional responses and change your visual story

Leica M10 Monochrom £7,250/$8,299

An extraordinary camera – and an extraordinary price

Sharpen up your shots

Find out why sharpening should bookend your Lightroom editing process – and explore the tools you need

Raw editing with Affinity Photo

James Paterson demonstrates how to enhance landscapes with this Photoshop alternative

Perimeter

Quintin Lake marvels at the transition from industry to the rolling fields of Yorkshire

Marc Newton

Keen to document car boot sales before they died out, Marc Newton soon found that there’s plenty of life left in this British pastime, he tells Niall Hampton

Make any portrait subject look great

James Paterson teaches you how to retouch your portraits with simple Photoshop skills and some fantastic free Actions

DJI Mavic Air 2 - £759/$799

A drone that looks like it will literally fly off the shelves

LIFE BEGINS AT 50MM

Kickstart your photography by mastering the focal length that can do it all – it’s why a 50mm should take a prime spot in your kit bag, say Jon Adams and Andrew James

Create fine-art images with natural textures

Use our free pack create artistic images in Photoshop CC

Shot of the month

Chris Crisman’s photos of women at work

Perimeter

Quintin Lake explores the industrial north as his epic photo walk round the UK continues

Nikkor Z 24mm f/1.8 S

Looks like Nikon has come up with another winner for its mirrorless camera range.

The art of seeing

Benedict Brain takes a voyage of visual discovery around his flat

Olympus PEN E-PL10

A compelling travel, street and vlogging camera

Laowa 65mm f/2.8 UM

If you shoot small, this optic will produce phenomenal photographs

Capture light trails

Alex Probert visits Bristol’s Clifton Suspension Bridge.

Behind the lens

Aspiring professional wildlife photographer

10 Ways To Capture Spring!

Make the most of the new season with fresh creative assignments from Jon Adams & Andrew James