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Digital Camera is the definitive guide to digital SLR photography and will show you how to improve any digital photo. It’s packed with practical photography advice and Photoshop tutorials to help you become a better digital photographer. With buying advice to help you choose the DSLR, compact system camera, lens, tripod, printer, or camera bag that’s right for you, it covers all DSLRs including Canon EOS/Rebel and Nikon systems. The perfect title for both amateur and pro photographers

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Match point! • We take a reader courtside at the Lexus Eastbourne Open, under the watchful eye of pro Marc Aspland

Technique assessment • Top tips for how to bag perfect tennis shots – and take it further

Tennis photos 101 • Things that will serve you well when shooting at your local court

Assemble and light product shots • Wendy Evans gets all fragrant with this guide to shooting old perfume and cologne bottles

Bowling for soup • Wendy Evans explains what to look for in the world of jacks, draws and drives

Summon a six string • Come make some music with Wendy Evans and your favourite macro lens

Getting wild in the heather • Wendy Evans ventures into the big outdoors to find a large foreground for her landscape shots

Shoot yourself • Louise Carey explains how to capture soulful self-portraits anywhere

The tide is high • All aboard with Wendy Evans as she drops anchor in old fishing harbours

The last note • Carole Garside explains how she used exposure bracketing to create an interior shot of decay and dereliction

Mastering Composition: placing elements • Richard Garvey-Williams reveals the secrets of composition in this series of extracts from his book

Catch a kestrel • Wendy Evans explains how you can photograph this frequently spotted bird of prey in the UK

Sports challenge • Send us your best shot of single player, two players or team sports

The art of seeing • This way for the cafe – Benedict Brain joins the queue to reach the summit of Yr Wyddfa

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Hotshots • Our selection of winning images from the Open Competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2025

TEN WAYS TO ELEVATE YOUR COASTAL CAPTURES • Explore the coast’s treasure trove of photographic subjects and capture stunning images from the clifftop to the water’s edge, with Andrew James

CAPTURE THE ENERGY OF THE TIDE • Harness tidal power for dynamic images

BE A MARINE WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER • Take advantage of the variety of coastal wildlife

TRY INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHY • Use a converted IR camera for some unique coastal effects

COMPOSE SIMPLE SCENES • The usual composition rules apply, but be flexible

USE ICM TO CREATE ABSTRACT SCENES • Add dynamism with intentional camera movement

USE FILTERS FOR SUNSETS • Boost colours with sunset filters

LOOK OUT FOR INTERESTING DETAILS • Capture some of the many items associated with coastal areas

TRY SHOOTING IN ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS • Take advantage of the changeable weather for dramatic images

CREATE FINE ART WITH ADDED BLUR • Simulate depth of field in software for a more artistic effect

10 WAYS TO CAPTURE THE COAST ON YOUR NEXT TRIP • Next time you’re at the seaside, take this checklist for inspiration

Reader gallery • Digital Camera readers show how they’ve been getting creative, submitting images across a range of genres

CAMERA CINIC • Master the art of modern photography

Get the knowledge • Trees play a larger role in photography than you’d think

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