Digital Photographer

Launched in 2002, Digital Photographer is the ultimate monthly photography magazine, delivering indispensable, practical and hands-on shooting advice. Aimed at digital enthusiasts and professional photographers, Digital Photographer features the latest high-end kit reviews, expert interviews, practical shooting advice and image-editing tutorials to help you become a better photographer. We also showcase a selection of images from DP readers every month – the ideal launch pad for your career. Please note: Digital versions of the magazines do not include the covermount items or supplements that you would find on printed editions.

“Almost anything is possible in editing software, but nothing beats seeing a near print-ready shot”

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Gifts & giveaways

Canon launches a world-first in the RF 10-20mm F4L IS STM lens

NIKON LAUNCHES RETRO FULL-FRAME Z f MIRRORLESS AND 135MM PLENA LENS • Nikon expands its film-inspired lineup with the full-frame Nikon Z f and also introduces the Nikon Z 135mm f/1.8 S Plena premium portrait prime lens

In other news

Panasonic reveals the Lumix G9 II • Panasonic returns to Micro FourThirds format with the Lumix G9 II and launches two new Leica lenses

Fujifilm raises the bar for medium format • Fujifilm brings its latestX-Series developments to medium format with the GFX 100 II as the company also reveals four new lenses

STORY BEHIND THE STILL

THE COVER SHOT • Peter Fenech joins Gavin Forster on a series of magazine photoshoots to discover the challenges of capturing narrative editorial images to a brief

MASTER YOUR FILTERS

Balance exposure

To stack or not to stack

Manually blend exposures • Capture an image with the grad filter in place, then quickly remove the filter and shoot a second frame. Open these shots as layers and mask out the unfiltered area, usually the ground at the bottom of the frame. It might seem counter-intuitive to use an ND grad and then blend exposures in software, however, there are advantages of doing this compared with either the hardware or HDR blending options.

Lengthen exposures

Control colour

Create special effects

GET IT RIGHT IN-CAMERA • Maximise your camera’s potential to gain control, improve image quality and reduce editing time

Use LCD features • Improves: Workflow/ Monitoring Adjust key features of your camera’s LCD screen for better control of results

Activate Grid Lines

Customise White Balance

Support with IS modes

Fine-tune AF

When to use Noise Reduction • Improves: Image noise Even with improvements to the AI Denoise function in editing software, there are benefits to enabling this function in-camera

Select incamera B&W

Create double exposures • Improves: Creative impact Combine two subjects into a single frame to create artistic abstract photos

Make use ofAuto HDR

10 in-camera aspects to consider

Create botanical photo art • Highlight anatomical textures and microstructures by using backlighting to bring out maximum detail

Create zoom bursts • Shoot energetic impressions of motion with longer shutter speeds and changing focal lengths

Auto-generate colour grading styles • Take all the hard work out of colour grading in Photoshop

Shoot high ISO with confidence

Create a moody look with colour grading

BRING MOTION TO STILLS

GOING PRO LATER IN LIFE • Enjoyed a long-established career but want to turn your photographic passion into a vocation?Here are some things you’ll need to consider…

Photo CV

Career advice • This month, Claire Gillo discusses studying photography in higher education and the benefits it brings to your...