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.
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Gifts & giveaways
Sigma launches four lenses for various mirrorless mounts
CANON REVEALS NEW EOS R8 AND R50
In other news • More snippets of photography news from around the world
Olympus announces new OM System M.Zuiko 90mm f/3.5 Macro IS Pro lens
Leica unveils a pair of primes for its SL system • Leica expands its SLsystem with a new compact prime combo, the Summicron-SL 35mm and 50mm f/2 ASPH
STORY BEHIND THE STILL
CAPTURE DELIGHTS • Kim Bunermann meets food photographer Nadja Kuschel to discover the secrets behind capturing mouth-watering shots that tell a story
10 steps to better BLACK & WHITE • Kav Dadfar explains his favourite ways of creating impactful monochrome images in any location and lighting conditions
MASTER TELEPHOTO LENSES
Shoot a miniature cinematic scene • Use simple props to create mesmerising toy photography action images at home
Reduce digital noise • Learn the best camera settings for capturing scenes in low light and maximising the quality of your shots
Create a miniature tilt-shift effect • Reproduce the classic tilt-shift shallow depth-of-field look in Photoshop
Gritty HDR style with a single shot • Push Shadow and Highlight recovery to the limits in Lightroom
Apply perspective corrections
SHARE PHOTOS WITH CLIENTS
STAY ON TOP OF SEO
Photo CV • We profile an expert photographer’s career journey for insight on becoming established in the industry
Career advice • Claire Gillo offers advice to someone considering turning pro and discusses how to combine a career and a photography hobby
How do you combine your career and photo hobby? • The digital communications officer for theYorkshire Dales National ParkAuthority
WHY SHOTS WORK
THE NATURAL WORLD • The UK Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022, Will Davies, on the process of shooting dramatic landscapes and the role of photography in helping preserve them
Guru Shots • We joined up with online photography game GuruShots to print the winning images from the Beautiful Nights challenge
SHOT OFTHE MONTH
THE BESTOF WINTER WILDLIFE
Kitintro • The expert and independent reviews of gear we’ve bagged this issue
BUDGET TELEPHOTO ZOOMS • If you’re after serious telephoto reach on a tight budget, a classic 70-300mm zoom lens still has lots to offer
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Panasonic Lumix S5 II • Lumix has finally introduced a camera with hybrid phase detectionAF.
Panasonic Lumix S5 II
Capture One Pro 23 • With its powerful image organising and editing tools, Capture One 23 is a true rival to Lightroom.
Canon RF 70-200mm F4L IS USM
Laowa • Does 2x magnification mean twice the value? Matthew Richards finds out
ACCESSRIES
THE LONG GAME • Will Burrard-Lucas on the value of persevering with a long-term project