Back in time with style

Jon Adams shows you how to apply cool, retro effects in a single click with our free download

Clone to perfection

Improve landscapes and remove distractions using simple retouching skills in Affinity Photo with James Paterson

A bug's-eye view

Sara Jazbar turns minibeasts into beautiful big beasts that are a far cry from creepy-crawlies

Drum roll

Tracey Welch uses rapid bursts of flash to create a stroboscopic portrait

Star trekkin'

Donald Yip shares stellar tips that will help you to astro images of the Milky Way shoot awe-inspiring

Learn to sway a little to change your viewpoint

Being a photographer is all about how you look at the world. Changing your stance can make all the difference... and not just to your images

20 essential tips for Spring landscapes

Mark Bauer gives some expert advice to help you make the most of the spring, with its changeable weather and the sensation of the landscape coming back to life

Portraits with character!

Our apprentice learns the art of character portraiture, shooting professional soldiers

MASTER RAW!

Transform your captures with just 10 essential edits using Adobe Photoshop CC’s Camera Raw. Dan Mold shows you how to finesse your skills

Picture books

Melinda McIntyre travels beyond the confines of photography to create mixed-media images that tell stories full of emotion and meaning

Shoot for the moon

Photographer and Apollo missions obsessive Andy Saunders carefully restored thousands of film frames for his Apollo Remastered project

Shirlaine Forrest

Whether shooting rock gigs, fashion models or the high-speed track sport of roller derby, Shirlaine Forrest is one of the busiest photographers you will ever meet. She pauses just long enough to tell Keith Wilson why she always carries a bag of sweets and how Bob the Builder fixed it for her

The long and short of it

James Paterson shoots better blur by shutter-blending to combine longer and shorter exposures in a single frame

Create stunning mono images

Jon Adams shows how to use your gift to craft classic B&W finishes

Make a mini movie scene

Mike Harris uses a macro lens and LED lights to capture a film-like image of a tiny action figure

Sphere of the dark

Mike Harris shows you how to add multiple orbs of light to your images with this light-painting technique

Supercharge your skills

Mike Harris provides easy-to-implement tips that will help to improve your photography for 2023

7 reasons to use a tripod

...and low light isn't one of them! Steve Davey outlines seven reasons why always carrying a tripod can give you more creative choices and help you to take better photos

For the sake of it

Mike Harris makes a case for simply enjoying the moment. Do you agree? Or is he making a mountain out of a molehill?

Winning images

Steve James doesn’t just enter photo comps for the glory; the challenge and critique has helped him grow exponentially as a photographer

The only way is up

University of Cambridge tutor John Brackenbury tells how he developed specialist photography equipment and techniques for incredible images of insects in flight

Carolyn Mendelsohn

Photography was the farthest thing from Carolyn Mendelsohn's mind when she began her working life. Today, she is one of the UK's leading portrait photographers, with an impressive list of awards and clients. Keith Wilson hears how the once reluctant photographer became obsessed with telling stories with her camera...

Bit of a long shot

Mike Harris ditches his wide-angle zoom and uses a telephoto lens to capture landscapes from a hilltop

Ghoul school

Who ya gonna call when ya wanna create a series of hoax-worthy pics? N-Photo's ghostbuster Mike Harris...

What’s on the menu?

Adam Waring shows you how to set up your Nikon so all your frequently accessed settings are in one place

Celebrate your successes!

Running a photography business is a mix of highs and lows - learning how to focus on the positive, rather than dwelling on the problems, can make all the difference

LIGHTBOX

Our favourite Nikon images from the Bird Photographer of the Year 2022 competition

Where it started

The annual pilgrimage to a favourite spot for deer offers Tom a chance to reflect on his first decade in professional wildlife photography

We have liftoff

Norman Fuller uses an old Nikon FM10 shutter and a DIY flash and trigger to capture incredible in-camera sequences of insects in flight

The Empty Quarter

Nonagenarian Tor Eigeland has seen it all in his decades as a photojournalist. Here he reflects on a 1970s visit to Saudi Arabia...