Primed for wildlife

Learn the benefits of using a pro-super-telephoto 500mm prime lens to take better photos of small and wary wildlife subjects with Peter Travers

STEP BY STEP CREATE A FUN FESTIVE SNOW GLOBE IMAGE

How to use Photoshop to blend your portrait and snow globe images – or use the ones we’ve supplied

Festive snow fakes

Put kids in a snow globe to boost Christmas photos with James Paterson

An education in Israel Bethlehem, Israel. 13:35pm. 25 December 2018

A trip into Jerusalem on Christmas Day took us into another world... of poverty, conflict and children growing up in a refugee camp

CAPTURE THE MOOD OF AUTUMN

Ten great techniques to convey the atmosphere of the year's most photogenic season with Jon Adams and Andrew James

Portraits with love

Get creative with baby photography and create stunning composites with playful backdrops - James Paterson reveals all you need to know

Show off your shots like a pro

Present your photos as gallery-ready A4 or A3 prints by following Jon Adams's guide to using your one-click Photoshop Actions

Master shadows and highlights

There's more to this tool than you'd think and James Paterson says it's ideal for landscapes

CHRIS FRAIKIN

Dutch photographer Chris Fraikin has just re-published Archtracts, a book of minimal-styled studies of architectural details. Niall Hampton catches up with him to find out more about his work

Dodge and burn to perfection

Give your landscapes the edge in Affinity Photo as James Paterson explains how to enhance the most important details in a scene

Sharon Vanadia

Italian wildlife photographer and doctor of environmental biology, Sharon Vanadia shares her story and Canon camera setup she uses for her incredible animal portraits

Process Raw Burst mode images

Discover how to extract frames from the resulting single Raw file using DPP or the camera

CANON SCHOOL

In part 19 of our series: Discover how you can take the best possible black-and-white photos with your Canon gear

Subject tracking moves AF point

Canon's EOS R7/R10 subject tracking moves AF points to follow subjects

Beat the crowds with Photoshop!

Dan Mold demonstrates a cunning technique to help you quickly remove people from busy crowded photo hotspots

High fashion portraits

London portrait photographer Jade Keshia Gordon reveals what it’s like to be behind the scenes on a fashion shoot for women’s wear

Shooting stars

Chuck photographed some of his favourite abandoned spots along the USA’s famous Route 66 in the dead of night

ROBERTO VALENZUELA

He’s coming to the UK for The Photography Show and he has a lot to say! Roberto Valenzuela opens up to Keith Wilson about his incredible journey from high-school teacher to acclaimed wedding photographer and best-selling author

Raw power to the people

James Paterson has lots of tips for editing portraits with Affinity’s Raw tools

Create stunning mono images

Jon Adams explains how to use your free download kit to create great black-and-white toning effects for any image in Photoshop

Panning and tilting

Dan Mold shows you how to set up and use a pan-and-tilt tripod head for more creative photographic applications

Amazing astro shots

Learn how to shoot the jaw-dropping galactic core with James Paterson

Ponsworthy Cottages, Dartmouth – In Memoriam

How a potential agency sale led David to meet Ena Smerdon, a lifelong resident of one of these pretty cottages in Dartmouth

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHY SAFARI

Journey with us into the heart of Africa and discover how to take your best-ever wildlife photos on safari

PERFECT PUFFIN PHOTOGRAPHY

This month we visited Skomer, aka Puffin Island, as PhotoPlus reader Mark Braybook paired up with pro wildlife photographer Drew Buckley to learn to take some incredible bird photos

Justin Hession

Based in Switzerland, professional photographer Justin shoots commercial portraits – both indoors and out – with his essential Canon EOS setup…

Get more from Canon lenses

Ensure that your camera has the right lens profiles and use lens corrections in DPP

Create striking shape-shifting effects

James Paterson explains how you can use this fun Affinity Photo technique to make a creative image for your screen wallpaper

Master the Depth Blur Filter

James Paterson helps you blur out backdrops with one of Photoshop’s best new Neural Filters

Make an impression with brushed borders

Jon Adams explains how to turn photos into painterly Impressionist-style masterpieces in Photoshop and then how to add an artistic edge effect