A touch of Hollywood

Canon photographer Akhlaq Ahmed has been busy practicing cinematic portrait photo techniques at home and outdoors

21 Tricks & Fast Fixes!

Quickly raise your Canon photography game with our skills and shortcuts

Flash paint your landscape photos

James Paterson shows how to make one flash do the work of ten by painting scenes taken during daylight with light over several frames

Add artistic flare with prism portraits

Dan Mold shows you how to inject creative flare effects into your portraits using an affordable glass prism

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STUNNING IMAGERY FROM THE WORLD OF CANON PHOTOGRAPHY

Abstract aerial desert photos

Why running out of fuel in a helicopter creates an uneasy feeling in Namibia. Aerial photography mayhem over the world’s most incredible dunes

Magnificent Mandala painting

James Paterson creates beautiful mandala patterns with Symmetry Painting in Photoshop, then blends them with photos for gorgeous results

CLEMENT KIRAGU

Kenya is famous for its abundant and vibrant wildlife, and few people know the animals better than Clement Kiragu. Keith Wilson speaks to the award-winning photographer about his journey from fine art student to photo safari tour leader…

Landscape basics

Put some of our top tips into practice to help the compositions in your landscape scenes work harder, Dan Mold shows you how

Put the moves on

James Paterson demonstrates how to add panning blur effects to moving subjects and get to grips with live filters in Affinity Photo

Tidy up portraits

In our third instalment of Lightroom Classic CC tutorials Louise Carey shows you how to use the Spot Removal tool to polish skin to perfection

Glitch Your Photos

James Paterson uses a combination of filter effects and layer skills to transform portraits with a fun digital glitch effect in Affinity Photo

Lessons In The Rain At Fanad Lighthouse

David braves the horrendous conditions of Donegal and captures the heavenly light of Fanad Lighthouse – a beacon of hope in a storm

Let your skies shine

Louise Carey demonstrates how to selectively enhance overexposed skies with the Adjustment Brush tool in Adobe Lightroom Classic CC

Rummage of Flowers

Professional studio photographer Guia Besana uses flowers as special props to add extra meaning to her female portraits

Catch the birdie

Keen nature photographer Peter Travers goes bird spotting and shows you how to capture great wildlife photos – from large herons to tiny robins

Chris Winter

Shooting in extreme environments like the freezing cold Falkland Islands and sweltering heat of Iraq, Canon pro Chris knows a thing or two about working under pressure

Flower power

Dan Mold shows you how to take bloomin’ brilliant flower close-ups

Portraits with pets

Alexander challenged himself to create a series of artistic portraits of his daughter with some of their family pets

Portraits at sunset

James Paterson shows you how to take vibrant photos of your friends and family at sundown – even if the sun doesn’t appear!

Turn the kids into superheroes

James Paterson creates the movie poster superhero-look by showing you how to master Photoshop blending skills and utilizing special effects

Local Wildlife Photo Skills

Award-winning Canon pro wildlife photographer Ben Hall proves you can capture amazing photos of birds and animals on your doorstep

Make The Colours In Your Landscapes Sing

James Paterson shows you how to get to grips with targeted Curves edits in Photoshop CC for an array of powerful landscape-boosting tricks

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The Dawn of Bluebell Photography

How David captured a bluebell panorama with a medium format lens and adapter, then promptly lost and found them thanks to a Canon G9

THE CAR'S THE STAR

This month we paired up professional car photographer Alan Kenny with our Apprentice Kamil as he photographed some amazing automobiles for an upcoming online auction

CANON RF 70-200mm F4L IS USM

The RF 70-200mm F4L telephoto zoom delivers impressive performance in a small size, but with some caveats…

Martin Bissig

Outdoors and mountain bike photographer Martin Bissig has travelled all around the Martin Bissig globe to work with pro riders and clients including RedBull, Adidas, SCOTT and Oakley

Glow in the dark flowers

Discover how to make plants fluoresce using ultraviolet light for strikingly unique still-life flower photos with James Paterson

Blur skies with ease

Matty Graham explains how you can create long-exposure effects by using the Radial Blur filter in Elements instead of Neutral Density filters