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Our resident Nikon expert Matthew Richards answers your questions and solves your problems. If you have a Nikon-related question, email it to mail@nphotomag.com

Customize your Nikon

Maybe your Nikon does more than you think? Master your custom settings

LIGHTBOX

Our favourite Nikon images from the Close-up Photographer of the Year competition

Chef's kiss

Our apprentice captures Michelin-star shots with food pro Nic Crilly-Hargrave

Nikon is the future

Our resident DSLR dinosaur Mike Harris plays with all of Nikon’s latest Z-mount goodies and he’s like a pig in muck…

Street dreams

Dallian Macadam explores some of Japan’s most beautiful cities and tourist hotspots in search of travel photography gems

A woman's world

Michel Haddi has captured some of the world’s most glamorous women, with a selection to be showcased in the Photo London exhibition

Denis O'Regan

Denis O’Regan has photographed every rock star from AC/DC to ZZ Top, toured with the Rolling Stones and shot more than 200 David Bowie concerts. Now, as he contemplates a significant birthday, Denis tells Keith Wilson his guest list – and who he’d like to capture for one final tour…

Flash dance

Simon Fox knows all the right camera moves to capture incredible portraits of dancers in motion

A rare find

It’s thrilling when you spot a rarity after months of waiting. And in mint condition!

How to...Master filters!

From dreamy seascapes to stunning sunsets, a clever combination of filters can elevate your Nikon photography to another level

Pot shots

Garden pro Jason Ingram prunes our apprentice's camera skills and sows the seeds of improvement

Light on the town

Josep Reverendo immortalizes fleeting moments that convey the hustle and bustle of Barcelona, armed with his trusty Nikon Z5

NIKOPEDIA

The only camera manual you'll ever need...

Music to my eyes

Rubbing shoulders with rock 'n roll royalty, music photographer Alex Huggan has built a reputation for capturing iconic moments

Hermeilio 'Kino' Aquino

He is a fashion photographer, film director, cinematographer and actor. But far from being a jack of all these many trades, Hermeilio Aquino is a proven master of each. Better known as Kino, he reveals his latest ad campaigns to Keith Wilson and why he wants to do more social photography shoots...

Painting with water colours

Create light images over water and use Photoshop to blend and warp with James Paterson

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