Digital Photographer

Welcome to the latest issue of Digital Photographer magazine. If there’s one thing that most of us discover pretty early on in our journeys as photographers, it’s that there’s an awful lot involved in creating truly great images – much more than we i

Peter is Digital Photographer magazine’s staff writer, but he’s also a passionate landscape photographer, and knows all about careful planning and location scouting. Head over to p34 of the magazine to begin reading his major feature. He’s also looke

Image title: Yellow What camera, lens and settings did you use to capture this stunning shot? Canon 7D, 10-22 mm @ 19 mm, 1/40sec, f/5.6, ISO 320 How did you decide on the composition? I often shoot spiral stairs, and I know that they should be ph

Photographer’s name: Harald Peki Photographer’s website: 500px.com/haraldpeki Image location: Travemünde, Germany Type of commission: Personal work Shot details: Samsung Galaxy S8, 4.2mm, 1/10816s,f/1.7, ISO 40 About the shot: Many of the best photo

Released as the replacement for the Canon EOS 200D, the EOS 250D has a 24.1Mp APS-C sized Dual Pixel CMOS sensor and Canon’s Digic 8 processing engine to support 4K movie recording, 4K time-lapse and 4K frame grabs from 4K movies. There’s also a vari

Some photographers specialise in wildlife, landscapes or fine art portraits. Others, such as Neil Andrews, find their inspiration in more offbeat quarters. “What I really enjoy about photography is that it is a vast subject,” says the London-based pr

Kerry James is the owner of Bath-based wedding photography service A Tall Long Legged Bird. She specialises in “timeless documentary wedding photography that’s emotive and humorous with a sprinkle of chic”. In this interview, she reveals some of the

A critical component in a successful photoshoot is planning. Whether this comprises physically visiting a location to seek out potential images, or simply making contacts and speaking to relevant experts in a certain field before committing to a trip

Finding an ideal location for photography is a far more complex process than many new photographers appreciate. Picking the right place to make images may seem like an obvious step, but there are more considerations involved than simply where to visi

Composition is likely the foremost ingredient on a photographer’s mind when location scouting, whether the intention is to capture a pre-planned frame, or to seek out effective images at an unfamiliar site. The question we should ask ourselves before

Tell us about yourself. What are your photographic specialisms? I am a landscape photographer specialising in photographs of County Durham and the north east region. I have done commercial work, commissions, markets, retail selling along with online

Okay, so lets be honest, being based in England the days of blazing sun, cloud-free days are rare. A far cry from the predictability of a Californian summer, the English summer days can be drab and wet, or soaked by a heat wave. Winters are no less p

In general, diffused light is easier to work with than hard or bright light. The clouds work as a large soft box, softening and diffusing the sunlight. Although less contrast and drama is created, diffused light generally means that shadows are much

Hard light is often found in the summer, where cloud or haze is minimal and the sun is high in the sky. Shooting abroad, this light is more common, and although not ideal during midday, the later afternoon hours create predictable and softer hard lig

1 Reach for a reflector A cheap and sometimes superior alternative to flash, reflectors can be an amazing source of light in dull or overcast light conditions. 2 Reflect with what’s available Reflectors don’t have to be fancy or purpose built. Any w

With summer just around the corner, most normal people are getting excited and looking forward to long, warm evenings in the Sun, sitting in the garden with a glass of wine, eating ice cream and spending weekends at the beach with the family. Landsca

The reason most photographers don’t like summer is because the quality of light is generally less photogenic than other seasons. The Sun rises quickly and gets high in the sky, meaning harsh shadows and little textural relief. There is more atmospher

It is George II who is largely attributed with having characterised the British summer as ‘3 fine days and thunderstorm’ and nearly 300 years later, there remains an element of truth in this. Although in the UK we tend to romanticise the summer as be

From late spring until mid-summer, woodlands, fields and meadows come alive with wild flowers. Bluebells flower in woods during May, as does thrift on coastal cliff tops. In June and July, fields of red poppies stretch into the distance – and in rece

There are some filter effects that are difficult or even impossible to replicate in post-production: for example, removing glare from non-metallic surfaces with a polarising filter or extending exposure length with a neutral density filter. By removi

Probably even more so than standard colour files, infrared images need to be processed to achieve their full potential. When they are first opened in the raw converter, they are quite a long way from the finished article, usually lacking in contrast

1 Shoot coastal sunsets You often get prolonged afterglows in summer. Make the most of the colour by shooting at the coast. 2 Shoot sunrise near water After a cool, still night, shoot sunrise near lakes and rivers, where you may find mist rising. 3 T

Printing images is often seen as a luxury amongst enthusiast photographers today. During the days of film, nobody would consider a negative the final image, but in the digital age, a physical print is often reserved only for the most important images

1 Camera and macro lens Most macro lenses should have the ability to record detail at a high level, measured by ‘reproduction ratio’ (how large your subject will be recorded on the image, on the sensor). Look for lenses with a reproduction ratio of 1

There are certain effects that you can only really achieve through in-camera filtration and which are not possible to re-create in post-production. For example, the way that polarisers remove surface glare and reflections or extending shutter speeds

If portraits are the area of photography you most enjoy, or feel most confident in, you’ve probably considered the possibility of establishing a portrait studio of your own. However, you’ve likely not imagined that you might end up working with famou

Many zoom lenses on the market have a ‘macro’ badge slapped on them, but their maximum magnification ratio is usually only about 0.3x to 0.5x. The same is also true of some prime lenses that carry the macro moniker. For this group test, we’re compari

Huawei’s latest smartphone uses novel technology to push smartphone photography to new levels £1,099.99 Thanks to its triple camera set-up developed in partnership with Leica, and excellent image quality the Huawei P20 Pro proved very popular with p

‘I’m going to turn out all the lights now’. My heart sank as Edward announced his intention to change the game we were playing during my family photography shoot. I’d been taking pictures of the family playing a board game during a very rainy portrai