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Project four: Photoshop CC: Create black-and-white masterpieces in seconds
Jon Adams shows you how to produce a variety of classic mono A4 or A3 prints with our custom-made templates
Project two: Crea tive techniques: Here come the swirls
Mike Harris uses a torch, some string and coloured filters to ‘paint’ mesmerizing geometric patterns
Project three: Essen tialgear skills: Top tips for using filters
Mike Harris tells of seven tricks that will help ensure your filter collection is used to its full potential
Project Six: The big project: The ultra-macro bug
James Paterson demonstrates how to shoot detailed insect photos using extension tubes and focus stacking
Project one: Core skills: Freeze fast subjects
Mike Harris details the basics to capturing speeding subjects and proves camera kit needn’t be a barrier
George Karbus
George Karbus has become one of Europe’s best-known photographers of underwater wildlife. He tells Keith Wilson about the joys of surfing, freediving and making a film about a very special dolphin…
Creative minds
Photography guru James Paterson treats our apprentice to a crash course in creative lighting
Off the beaten path
Anju Mishra prefers the road less travelled as she uses her camera to both document and experience an India that’s seldom seen
50 ways to...Shoot spring!
GET OUT AND ABOUT WITH YOUR CAMERA WITH ROSS HODDINOTT’S 50 HAND-PICKED TIPS TO SHOOT THE MOST COLOURFUL OF SEASONS…
Paul Wilkinson's Top 25... Portrait tips and tricks
Taking perfect portraits can be hard work and there’s so much information out there, but pro photographer Paul Wilkinson guides us through this huge genre with his pearls of wisdom
The ultimate plate spinner
Running a photography business is like running any other company. But you have fewer people. Probably just one: you and a few plates to spin…
Street smarts
Our apprentice views London through the ultra-wide-angle lens of urban pro Ben Moore
Help me buy… a digital frame
With an electronic photo frame you can show your entire image library
Tree's company
Nature-loving photographer Adrian Houston tells of his mission to photograph trees beloved by famous faces
Nikon Z 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 VR S £2699/$2697
The Z 100-400mm VR S is the first supertelephoto lens in Nikon’s Z-mount line-up, but is it worth the hefty price-tag?
Living on the edge of a volcano
Tom goes in search of colour in the Greek island of Santorini, but he didn’t have to look far as the colour eventually came to him
N Photo PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2022
The search for the world’s best Nikon photographer of 2022 begins! Each issue the monthly N-Photo POTY 2022 photo contest’s top 10 images are selected by the N-Photo team. This issue’s competition has the theme of still life photography…
García de Marina
The conceptual images of García de Marina are proof that surrealism in photography is thriving well beyond the work of the 20th Century masters who pioneered the genre. Keith Wilson finds out how he creates his unique, witty and thought-provoking photographs…
Frame your landscapes with organic borders
Jon Adams shows you how to use your collection of hand-made edge effects in Photoshop CC
New depths
James Paterson shows how to utilize the Depth Blur filter in Photoshop and blur out a distracting backdrop
LIGHTBOX
Our favourite Nikon images from the Environmental Photographer of the Year competition
Isabelle Bacher
The lure of the remote and barren landscape of Arctic Norway has proven irresistible to Isabelle Bacher. The Austrian architect and photographer explains to Keith Wilson why she moved there for five years and what keeps her coming back for more…
Imagination versus technique
Photographic technique is all very well but, at the end of the day, it’s your imagination that creates something that has a real impact
How to…Shoot the seasons
As we begin a new year, we have all the seasons transforming the landscape to look forward to. Edyta Rice shares her secrets for getting the best shots of spring, summer, autumn and winter
Clean-up crew
Mike Harris uses VisibleDust’s Vswabs and VDust Plus solution to gently remove stubborn sensor stains
Ring-a-ring
James Paterson gets creative with ring lights for stunning pet photos and flattering portraits
Photo fatigue
Mike Harris used the holiday period to recharge more than just his camera batteries and is now ready and raring to go
What's on your bucket list?
Tom Mackie reminisces about shooting one of his all-time bucket-list locations – on an all-expenses-paid trip
Woodland wonders
Adrian Limani waits for misty weather and uses a little Photoshop trickery to capture fantastic forest-themed dreamscapes
Untold stories
Renowned German fashion and supermodel photographer Peter Lindbergh's life's work laid bare in a self-curated exhibition