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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...
Gurvir Johal
Gurvir Johal has risen to become one of the world's most sought-after photographers of Asian weddings. He tells Keith Wilson what it's like to be among 400 guests for days, how he developed his eye for detail, and how it felt to be named the best wedding photographer in the UK and Europe...
Highland light
Tom travels north of the border to the Scottish Highlands, and shows you how to make the most of different lighting conditions
Core blimey
James Paterson explains how you can photograph jawdropping galactic core and light-paint night-time scenes
A ride on the wild side
Join Adam Waring on a once-in-a-lifetime experience, photographing 'the Big Five' on a safari game drive
Choose your words with care
One of the more unexpected facets of becoming a professional photographer is that you will become a role model to those following behind you
How to... Stand out from the crowd
Shoot familiar subjects in fresh ways to beat the social media influencers, with the help of travel photographer Dave Williams
Out to sea
Our apprentice shoots seaside structures along the Jurassic Coast, with landscape pro Mark Bauer
The surreal deal
Marcus Hennen breaks rules and bends minds with surreal composites that look both wrong and right at the same time
Tea time
Nikon Ambassador Marie Bärsch swaps fashion photography for a documentary project exploring female empowerment
Alex Dawson
As one of the world’s most experienced underwater photographers, Alex Dawson is renowned for his spectacular sea wreck images. He tells Keith Wilson how he first learned to snorkel, and why he prefers diving in mineshafts to the Maldives…
Sans sunsets
Mother Nature doesn’t always go the way you want, but Tom shows how you can make the most of the conditions you have
Music to my eyes
The festival season is here! Adam Waring captures the sights and sounds of a weekend musical extravaganza
Wish you were here
Mike Harris shows you how to transforms your holiday photographs into postcards using Photoshop CC