James Paterson
The lead technique writer on Digital Camera Magazine, PhotoPlus: The Canon Magazine and N-Photo: The Nikon Magazine, James is a fantastic general practice photographer with an enviable array of skills across every genre of photography.
Whether it's flash photography techniques like stroboscopic portraits, astrophotography projects like photographing the Northern Lights, or turning sound into art by making paint dance on a set of speakers, James' tutorials and projects are as creative as they are enjoyable.
He's also a wizard at the dark arts of Photoshop, Lightroom and Affinity Photo, and is capable of some genuine black magic in the digital darkroom, making him one of the leading authorities on photo editing software and techniques.
Latest articles by James Paterson
By James Paterson, N-Photo Published
VIDEO Shoot for a time blend and combine sunsets and traffic trails to form jaw-dropping low-light landscapes
By James Paterson, N-Photo Published
VIDEO Learn how to blend exposures for perfectly balanced landscapes using Affinity Photo's Live Masks

By James Paterson Published
VIDEO Shoot a scene as a multi-row grid of photos, then stitch it together for an image with insane amounts of detail

By James Paterson Published
VIDEO James Paterson shows you how to shoot a gravity-defying still-life with a few watering cans and essential editing skills
By James Paterson, N-Photo Published
VIDEO Learn how Adobe CC's AI-powered Remove tool can revolutionize your retouching
By James Paterson, N-Photo Published
VIDEO Take an alternative approach to flower photography with a leaf blower and a wide-angle lens
By James Paterson, N-Photo Published
VIDEO Marvel at the beauty of solarization, using tonal tricks in Affinity Photo to perfect the look

By James Paterson Published
VIDEO James Paterson shows you how to deepen depth of field in your landscape scenes with Affinity’s focus merge command

By James Paterson Published
VIDEO Both of these exposure blending techniques can work wonders on your landscapes, so we help you decide which is best

By James Paterson Published
VIDEO Discover how to create stunning shape and glow effects with simple Affinity Photo skills. James Paterson reveals how...

By James Paterson Published
VIDEO Create multiple copies of people with your free start images in Affinity Photo with this easy to follow image-editing tutorial

By James Paterson Published
Tutorial Discover a simple but effective way to add a new dimension to your street photos
By James Paterson, N-Photo Published
VIDEO Get to grips with Adobe CC's Curves adjustment – the ultimate tonal tool for making creative colour shifts
By James Paterson, N-Photo Published
VIDEO Photograph physical paintings the right way using studio lighting and a polarizing filter
By James Paterson, N-Photo Published
VIDEO Create a balanced landscape by blending two photos – one wide, the other slightly zoomed in – to enlarge distant scenery

By James Paterson Published
VIDEO James Paterson shows you how to easily backlight a maternity portrait with simple camera and studio skills

By James Paterson Published
AI-generated images might look impressively realistic at first glance, but look closer and you’ll soon see the cracks…

By James Paterson Published
VIDEO James Paterson shows you how to create incredible pixel-stretch effects in Affinity Photo

By James Paterson Published
VIDEO Love the infrared look, but don’t fancy converting your camera? Recreate the ethereal colors the easy way in Affinity Photo
By James Paterson, N-Photo Published
VIDEO Learn how to transform ‘unusable’ noisy images in Adobe Lightroom and Camera Raw
By James Paterson, N-Photo Published
VIDEO Create cinematic miniature scenes, and shoot a focus stack for ultra-detailed close-ups
By James Paterson, N-Photo Published
VIDEO Learn how to make use of layers in Affinity Photo for all manner of essential editing tasks

By James Paterson Published
VIDEO James Paterson shows you how to photograph and place kids in a snow globe for festive fun Christmas portraits
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